1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 8 |
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1558-1603: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 0 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 0 to age 22 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 0 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 0 |
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1605: |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 2 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered at age 3 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 3 |
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1607: |  |  |  | Jamestown Colony Established at age 4 |
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1608: | |
1609: |  |  |  | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 6 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 8 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 9 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 9 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 11 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 12 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 15 to age 45 |
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1619: |  |  |  | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 16 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 17 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 17 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 17 |
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1620: |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 17 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 22 to age 46 |
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1625: |  |  |  | English population in America hits 2000 at age 22 |
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1626: |  |  |  | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 23 |
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1629: |  |  |  | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 26 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 27 to age 39 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 30 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 30 |
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1634: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 31 |
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1635: |  |  |  | Connecticut first settled at age 32 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 36 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 39 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 39 to age 46 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 40 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 42 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 46 until after line end |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 47 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 47 |
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