1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from before birth until age 14 |
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1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from before birth until age 6 |
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1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from before birth until age 7 |
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1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 0 |
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1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 5 |
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1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 5 |
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1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 7 to age 20 |
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1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 7 |
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1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 7 |
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1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 9 |
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1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 11 |
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1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 11 |
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1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 11 |
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1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 14 |
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1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 15 |
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1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 20 to age 53 |
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1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 20 |
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1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 22 |
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1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 26 to age 28 |
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1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 29 |
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1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 33 to age 41 |
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1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 34 |
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1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 35 |
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1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 36 |
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1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 38 |
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1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 42 |
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1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 45 |
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1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 45 |
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1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 47 to age 56 |
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1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 48 |
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1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 49 to age 56 |
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1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 51 |
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1760: | |
1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 53 until after line end |
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1765: | |
1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 58 |
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1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 62 |
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1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 63 |
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1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 65 |
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1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 65 until after line end |
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1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 66 |
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