| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1454-1611: | | | | The Renaissance from before birth until age 7 |
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| 1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from before birth until age 21 |
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| 1605: | | | | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 1 |
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| 1606: | | | | Virginia Company Chartered at age 2 |
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| 1606: | | | | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 2 |
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| 1607: | | | | Jamestown Colony Established at age 3 |
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| 1609: | | | | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 5 |
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| 1611: | | | | King James Bible is published at age 7 |
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| 1612: | | | | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 8 |
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| 1612: | | | | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 8 |
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| 1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 10 |
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| 1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 11 |
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| 1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 14 to age 44 |
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| 1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 15 |
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| 1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 16 |
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| 1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 16 |
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| 1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 16 |
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| 1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 16 |
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| 1625: | | | | English population in America hits 2000 at age 21 |
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| 1625-1649: | | | | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 21 to age 45 |
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| 1626: | | | | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 22 |
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| 1629: | | | | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 25 |
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| 1630-1642: | | | | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 26 to age 38 |
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| 1633: | | | | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 29 |
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| 1633: | | | | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 29 |
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| 1634: | | | | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 30 |
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| 1635: | | | | Connecticut first settled at age 31 |
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| 1639: | | | | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 35 |
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| 1642-1649: | | | | English Civil War from age 38 to age 45 |
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| 1642: | | | | Pascal invents Calculator at age 38 |
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| 1643: | | | | Barometer invented at age 39 |
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| 1645: | | | | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 41 |
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| 1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 45 to age 56 |
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| 1650: | | | | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 46 |
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| 1650: | | | | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 46 |
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| 1652-1654: | | | | Anglo-Dutch war from age 48 to age 50 |
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| 1652: | | | | Air Pump invented at age 48 |
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| 1654: | | | | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 50 |
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| 1655: | | | | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 51 |
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| 1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 53 |
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| 1657: | | | | First Stockings at age 53 |
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| 1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 56 |
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| 1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 56 |
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| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 56 to age 81 |
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| 1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 60 |
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| 1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 60 to age 61 |
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| 1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 61 |
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| 1666: | | | | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 62 |
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| 1666: | | | | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 62 |
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| 1668: | | | | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 64 |
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| 1675-1676: | | | | King Phillip's War from age 71 to age 72 |
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| 1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 74 |
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| 1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 75 |
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| 1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 76 |
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| 1681: | | | | Pennsylvania founded at age 77 |
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| 1682: | | | | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 78 |
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| 1683: | | | | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 79 |
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| 1684: | | | | Street lighting introduced in London at age 80 |
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| 1687: | | | | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 83 |
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| 1688: | | | | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 84 |
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| 1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 85 to age 98 |
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| 1692: | | | | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 88 |
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| 1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 96 until after line end |
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| 1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 97 until after line end |
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| 1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 97 |
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| 1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 98 until after line end |
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