1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from before birth until age 10 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from before birth until age 11 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from before birth until age 4 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 1 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 4 to age 11 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 4 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 5 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 7 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 11 to age 22 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 12 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 12 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 14 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 14 to age 16 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 16 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 17 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 19 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 19 |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 22 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 22 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 22 to age 47 |
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1661: | |
1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 26 |
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1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 26 to age 27 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 27 |
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1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 28 |
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1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 28 |
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1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 30 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 37 to age 38 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 40 |
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1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 41 |
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1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 42 |
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1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 43 |
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1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 44 |
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1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 45 |
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1684: |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London at age 46 |
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1687: |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 49 |
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1688: |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 50 |
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1689-1702: |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 51 to age 64 |
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1692: |  |  |  | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 54 |
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1700-1721: |  |  |  | Great Northern War from age 62 to age 83 |
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1701-1713: |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession from age 63 to age 75 |
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1701: |  |  |  | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 63 |
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1702-1714: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 64 to age 76 |
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1707: |  |  |  | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 69 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 74 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Slave revolts in New York at age 74 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 76 |
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1714-1727: |  |  |  | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 76 to age 89 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 76 |
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1716: |  |  |  | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 78 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 80 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 80 |
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1718: |  |  |  | New Orleans founded at age 80 |
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1721: |  |  |  | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 83 |
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1722: |  |  |  | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 84 |
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1727-1760: |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 89 until after line end |
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1727: |  |  |  | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 89 |
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1729: |  |  |  | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 91 |
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1733-1735: |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession from age 95 to age 97 |
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1736: |  |  |  | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 98 |
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