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 9 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from before birth until age 10 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from before birth until age 3 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 0 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 3 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 3 to age 10 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 4 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 6 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 10 to age 21 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 11 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 11 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 13 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 13 to age 15 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 15 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 16 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 18 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 18 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 21 |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 21 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 21 until after line end |
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1661: | |
1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 25 to age 26 |
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1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 25 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 26 |
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1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 27 |
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1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 27 |
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1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 29 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 36 to age 37 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 39 |
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1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 40 |
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1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 41 |
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1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 42 |
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1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 43 |
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1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 44 |
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