| 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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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 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: |  | 
  | 1605: | |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament  at age 2 | 
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  | 1606: | |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz  at age 3 | 
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  | 1606: | |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered  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: | |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia  at age 9 | 
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  | 1612: | |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England  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: | |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement  at age 17 | 
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  | 1620: | |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth  at age 17 | 
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  | 1620: | |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch)  at age 17 | 
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  | 1620: | |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon  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: | |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950  at age 30 | 
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  | 1633: | |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded  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 to age  57 | 
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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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  | 1652: | |  |  |  | Air Pump invented  at age 49 | 
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  | 1652-1654: | |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war  from age 49 to age  51 | 
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  | 1654: | |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat  at age 51 | 
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  | 1655: | |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England  at age 52 | 
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  | 1657: | |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo  at age 54 | 
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  | 1657: | |  |  |  | First Stockings  at age 54 | 
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  | 1660: | |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton  at age 57 | 
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  | 1660: | |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce  at age 57 | 
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  | 1660-1685: | |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart)  from age 57 to age  82 | 
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  | 1661: |  | 
  | 1664: | |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired  at age 61 | 
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  | 1664-1665: | |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596  from age 61 to age  62 | 
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  | 1665: | |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton)  at age 62 | 
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  | 1666: | |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed  at age 63 | 
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  | 1666: | |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned  at age 63 | 
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  | 1668: | |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope  at age 65 | 
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  | 1675-1676: | |  |  |  | King Phillip's War  from age 72 to age  73 | 
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  | 1678: | |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens)  at age 75 | 
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  | 1679: | |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment  at age 76 | 
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  | 1680: | |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct  at age 77 | 
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  | 1681: | |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded  at age 78 | 
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  | 1682: | |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet  at age 79 | 
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  | 1683: | |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation  at age 80 | 
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  | 1684: | |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London  at age 81 | 
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  | 1687: | |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion  at age 84 | 
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  | 1688: | |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time  at age 85 | 
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  | 1689-1702: | |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart)  from age 86 to age  99 | 
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  | 1692: | |  |  |  | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA  at age 89 | 
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  | 1700-1721: | |  |  |  | Great Northern War  from age 97 until after line end | 
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  | 1701-1713: | |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession  from age 98 until after line end | 
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  | 1701: | |  |  |  | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy  at age 98 | 
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  | 1702-1714: | |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart)  from age 99 until after line end | 
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