1478-1834: | |
1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 8 |
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1792-1815: | | | | Napoleonic war from before birth until age 3 |
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1809-1816: | | | | James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 4 |
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1812-1814: | | | | War of 1812 from age 0 to age 2 |
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1812: | | | | Missouri organized as a territory at age 0 |
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1812: | | | | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 0 |
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1815: | | | | Battle of Waterloo at age 3 |
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1815: | | | | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 3 |
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1815: | | | | French outlaw slavery in France at age 3 |
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1816: | |
1816: | | | | Photographic Negative at age 4 |
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1816: | | | | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 4 |
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1817-1824: | | | | James Monroe president of US from age 5 to age 12 |
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1817: | | | | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 5 |
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1817-1823: | | | | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 11 |
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1817: | | | | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 5 |
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1817: | | | | Alabama organized as a territory at age 5 |
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1817-1825: | | | | Erie canal constructed from age 5 to age 13 |
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1818: | | | | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 6 |
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1818: | | | | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 6 |
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1819: | | | | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 7 |
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1819: | | | | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 7 |
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1819: | | | | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 7 |
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1820-1830: | | | | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 8 until after line end |
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1820: | | | | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 8 |
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1821-1829: | | | | Greek war of Independence from age 9 until after line end |
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1821: | | | | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 9 |
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1821: | | | | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 9 |
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1821: | | | | 1st US women's college at age 9 |
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1822: | | | | Florida organized as a territory at age 10 |
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1824: | | | | Internal Combustion Engine at age 12 |
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1824-1828: | | | | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 12 to age 16 |
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1824: | | | | Erie canal finished at age 12 |
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1826: | | | | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 14 |
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1827: | | | | Ohms Law formulated at age 15 |
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1827: | | | | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 15 |
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1827: | | | | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 15 |
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1828-1836: | | | | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 16 until after line end |
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1828: | | | | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 16 |
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1828: | | | | 1st railroad in the US at age 16 |
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