| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1478-1834: | |
| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from before birth until age 8 |
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| 1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 1 |
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| 1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 2 |
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| 1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 3 |
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| 1681: | | | | Pennsylvania founded at age 4 |
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| 1682: | | | | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 5 |
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| 1683: | | | | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 6 |
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| 1684: | | | | Street lighting introduced in London at age 7 |
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| 1687: | | | | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 10 |
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| 1688: | | | | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 11 |
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| 1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 12 to age 25 |
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| 1692: | | | | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 15 |
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| 1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 23 to age 44 |
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| 1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 24 |
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| 1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 24 to age 36 |
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| 1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 25 to age 37 |
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| 1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 30 |
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| 1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 35 |
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| 1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 35 |
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| 1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 37 to age 50 |
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| 1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 37 |
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| 1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 37 |
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| 1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 39 |
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| 1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 41 |
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| 1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 41 |
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| 1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 41 |
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| 1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 44 |
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| 1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 45 |
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| 1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 50 |
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| 1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 50 to age 83 |
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| 1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 52 |
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| 1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 56 to age 58 |
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| 1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 59 |
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| 1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 63 to age 71 |
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| 1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 64 |
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| 1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 65 |
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| 1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 66 |
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| 1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 68 |
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| 1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 72 |
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| 1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 75 |
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| 1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 75 |
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| 1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 77 to age 86 |
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| 1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 78 |
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| 1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 79 to age 86 |
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| 1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 81 |
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| 1760: | |
| 1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 83 until after line end |
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| 1765: | |
| 1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 88 |
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| 1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 92 |
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| 1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 93 |
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| 1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 95 |
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| 1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 95 to age 98 |
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| 1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 96 |
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| 1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 97 |
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| 1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 98 until after line end |
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| 1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 98 until after line end |
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| 1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 99 |
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