| 1231-1808: | |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 46 | 
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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 1754-1763: | |  |  |  | French-Indian war  from before birth until age 1 | 
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  | 1756-1763: | |  |  |  | Seven years war  from before birth until age 1 | 
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  | 1760-1820: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from before birth until age 58 | 
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  | 1765: |  | 
  | 1765: | |  |  |  | HMS Victory launched  at age 3 | 
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  | 1769: | |  |  |  | San Francisco bay discovered  at age 7 | 
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  | 1770: | |  |  |  | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob  at age 8 | 
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  | 1772: | |  |  |  | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England  at age 10 | 
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  | 1772-1775: | |  |  |  | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook  from age 10 to age  13 | 
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  | 1773: | |  |  |  | Boston Tea Party  at age 11 | 
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  | 1774: | |  |  |  | 1st Continental Congress meets  at age 12 | 
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  | 1775-1783: | |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British  from age 13 to age  21 | 
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  | 1775-1782: | |  |  |  | British war in India  from age 13 to age  20 | 
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  | 1776: | |  |  |  | Declaration of Independence  at age 14 | 
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  | 1778: | |  |  |  | France joins war against Britan  at age 16 | 
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  | 1778: | |  |  |  | Congress forbids import of slaves into America  at age 16 | 
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  | 1780: | |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity  at age 18 | 
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  | 1781: | |  |  |  | Uranus discovered  at age 19 | 
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  | 1783: | |  |  |  | 1st working hot air balloon  at age 21 | 
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  | 1784: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated  at age 22 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany)  at age 24 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | The Dollar is adopted  at age 24 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd  at age 25 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Delaware enters the union - 1st  at age 25 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd  at age 25 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress  at age 25 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Virginia enters the union - 10th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New York enters the union - 11th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Maryland enters the union - 7th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Georgia enters the union - 4th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Constitution goes into effect  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | South Carolina enters the union - 8th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Connecticut enters the union - 5th  at age 26 | 
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  | 1789-1796: | |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President  from age 27 to age  34 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | US Army Established  at age 27 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | North Carolina enters the union - 12th  at age 27 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | 1st official US census  at age 28 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th  at age 28 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established  at age 28 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted  at age 29 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th  at age 29 | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th  at age 30 | 
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  | 1792-1815: | |  |  |  | Napoleonic war  from age 30 to age  53 | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves  at age 30 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded  at age 31 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves)  at age 31 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies  at age 32 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Post Office Established  at age 32 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Navy Established  at age 32 | 
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  | 1796-1800: | |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US  from age 34 to age  38 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech  at age 34 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox  at age 34 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th  at age 34 | 
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  | 1798-1800: | |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France  from age 36 to age  38 | 
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  | 1798: |  | 
  | 1798: | |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established  at age 36 | 
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  | 1798: | |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory  at age 36 | 
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  | 1799: | |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found  at age 37 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia  at age 38 | 
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  | 1800-1809: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from age 38 to age  47 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta)  at age 38 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC  at age 38 | 
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  | 1802: | |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered  at age 40 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower  at age 41 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th  at age 41 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased  at age 41 | 
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  | 1804: | |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 42 | 
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  | 1804-1806: | |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 42 to age  44 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 43 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Morphine isolated  at age 43 | 
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  | 1807: | |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 45 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 46 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 46 | 
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  | 1809-1816: | |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US  from age 47 to age  54 | 
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  | 1809: | |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born  at age 47 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 48 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded  at age 48 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th  at age 50 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory  at age 50 | 
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  | 1812-1814: | |  |  |  | War of 1812  from age 50 to age  52 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France  at age 53 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo  at age 53 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed  at age 53 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th  at age 54 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Photographic Negative  at age 54 | 
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  | 1816: |  | 
  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory  at age 55 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th  at age 55 | 
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  | 1817-1824: | |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US  from age 55 to age  62 | 
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  | 1817-1823: | |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic  from age 55 to age  61 | 
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  | 1817-1825: | |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed  from age 55 to age  63 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution  at age 55 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st  at age 56 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic  at age 56 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd  at age 57 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism  at age 57 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory  at age 57 | 
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  | 1820: | |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd  at age 58 | 
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  | 1820-1830: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover)  from age 58 to age  68 | 
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  | 1821-1829: | |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence  from age 59 to age  67 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | 1st US women's college  at age 59 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million  at age 59 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th  at age 59 | 
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  | 1822: | |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory  at age 60 | 
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  | 1824-1828: | |  |  |  | John Quincy Adams president of US  from age 62 to age  66 | 
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  | 1824: | |  |  |  | Internal Combustion Engine  at age 62 | 
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  | 1824: | |  |  |  | Erie canal finished  at age 62 | 
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  | 1826: | |  |  |  | 1st railroad tunnel (England)  at age 64 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | Ship's propeller (screw)  at age 65 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | Ohms Law formulated  at age 65 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal  at age 65 | 
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  | 1828: | |  |  |  | 1st railroad in the US  at age 66 | 
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  | 1828-1836: | |  |  |  | Andrew Jackson president of US  from age 66 to age  74 | 
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  | 1828: | |  |  |  | 1st Webster's Dictionary  at age 66 | 
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  | 1829: | |  |  |  | 1st US patent on a typewriter  at age 67 | 
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  | 1829-1851: | |  |  |  | 2nd Cholera pandemic  from age 67 until after line end | 
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  | 1830: | |  |  |  | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded  at age 68 | 
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  | 1830-1837: | |  |  |  | Reign of King William IV (Hanover)  from age 68 to age  75 | 
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  | 1830-1860: | |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US  from age 68 until after line end | 
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  | 1832: | |  |  |  | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York  at age 70 | 
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  | 1833: |  | 
  | 1833: | |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies)  at age 71 | 
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  | 1834: | |  |  |  | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage  at age 72 | 
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  | 1835: |  | 
  | 1835-1842: | |  |  |  | 2nd Seminole War  from age 73 to age  80 | 
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  | 1835: | |  |  |  | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891  at age 73 | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Arkansas enters the union -25th  at age 74 | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Texas war for independence from Mexico  at age 74 | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Battle of the Alamo  at age 74 | 
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  | 1837-1840: | |  |  |  | Martin Van Buren president of US  from age 75 to age  78 | 
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  | 1837-1901: | |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)  from age 75 until after line end | 
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  | 1837: | |  |  |  | Michigan enters the union - 26th  at age 75 | 
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  | 1837: | |  |  |  | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation  at age 75 | 
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  | 1838-1839: | |  |  |  | Forced relocation of Cherokee  from age 76 to age  77 | 
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  | 1839-1842: | |  |  |  | Opium war between China and the English  from age 77 to age  80 | 
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  | 1841-1844: | |  |  |  | John Tyler president of US  from age 79 to age  82 | 
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  | 1842: | |  |  |  | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English  at age 80 | 
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  | 1844: | |  |  |  | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York  at age 82 | 
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  | 1845-1848: | |  |  |  | James K Polk president of US  from age 83 to age  86 | 
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  | 1845: | |  |  |  | Florida enters the union - 27th  at age 83 | 
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  | 1845: | |  |  |  | Texas enters the union - 28th  at age 83 | 
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  | 1845-1849: | |  |  |  | Irish Potato Famine  from age 83 to age  87 | 
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  | 1846-1848: | |  |  |  | The Mexican-US War  from age 84 to age  86 | 
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  | 1846: | |  |  |  | Iowa enters the union - 29th  at age 84 | 
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  | 1848: | |  |  |  | NY allows women to own real estate  at age 86 | 
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  | 1848-1856: | |  |  |  | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill  from age 86 until after line end | 
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  | 1848: | |  |  |  | Wisconsin enters the union - 30th  at age 86 | 
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  | 1848: | |  |  |  | Oregon organized as a territory  at age 86 | 
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  | 1849-1852: | |  |  |  | Zachary Taylor president of the US  from age 87 until after line end | 
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  | 1849: | |  |  |  | Fizeau measures speed of light  at age 87 | 
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  | 1850: | |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 1.1 billion  at age 88 | 
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  | 1850: | |  |  |  | US pop reaches 23 million  at age 88 | 
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  | 1850: | |  |  |  | California enters the union - 31st  at age 88 | 
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  | 1850: | |  |  |  | New Mexico organized as a territory  at age 88 | 
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  | 1850: | |  |  |  | Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory  at age 88 | 
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