| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from before birth until age 11 |
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| 1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 0 |
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| 1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 1 |
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| 1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 4 to age 34 |
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| 1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 5 |
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| 1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 6 |
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| 1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 6 |
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| 1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 6 |
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| 1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 6 |
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| 1625-1649: | | | | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 11 to age 35 |
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| 1625: | | | | English population in America hits 2000 at age 11 |
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| 1626: | | | | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 12 |
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| 1629: | | | | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 15 |
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| 1630-1642: | | | | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 16 to age 28 |
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| 1633: | | | | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 19 |
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| 1633: | | | | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 19 |
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| 1634: | | | | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 20 |
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| 1635: | | | | Connecticut first settled at age 21 |
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| 1639: | | | | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 25 |
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| 1642: | | | | Pascal invents Calculator at age 28 |
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| 1642-1649: | | | | English Civil War from age 28 to age 35 |
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| 1643: | | | | Barometer invented at age 29 |
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| 1645: | | | | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 31 |
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| 1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 35 to age 46 |
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| 1650: | | | | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 36 |
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| 1650: | | | | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 36 |
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| 1652-1654: | | | | Anglo-Dutch war from age 38 to age 40 |
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| 1652: | | | | Air Pump invented at age 38 |
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| 1654: | | | | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 40 |
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| 1655: | | | | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 41 |
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| 1657: | | | | First Stockings at age 43 |
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| 1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 43 |
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| 1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 46 |
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| 1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 46 |
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| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 46 until after line end |
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| 1661: | |
| 1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 50 |
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| 1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 50 to age 51 |
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| 1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 51 |
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| 1666: | | | | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 52 |
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| 1666: | | | | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 52 |
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| 1668: | | | | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 54 |
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| 1675-1676: | | | | King Phillip's War from age 61 to age 62 |
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| 1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 64 |
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| 1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 65 |
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| 1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 66 |
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| 1681: | | | | Pennsylvania founded at age 67 |
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| 1682: | | | | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 68 |
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| 1683: | | | | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 69 |
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