| 1231-1808: | |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 97 | 
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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 1700-1721: | |  |  |  | Great Northern War  from before birth until age 10 | 
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  | 1701-1713: | |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession  from before birth until age 2 | 
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  | 1702-1714: | |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart)  from before birth until age 3 | 
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  | 1712: | |  |  |  | Slave revolts in New York  at age 1 | 
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  | 1712: | |  |  |  | Last execution for witchcraft in England  at age 1 | 
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  | 1714: | |  |  |  | Witch trials abolished in Prussia  at age 3 | 
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  | 1714: | |  |  |  | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer  at age 3 | 
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  | 1714-1727: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George I (Hanover)  from age 3 to age  16 | 
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  | 1716: | |  |  |  | Christian teaching forbidden in China  at age 5 | 
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  | 1718: | |  |  |  | New Orleans founded  at age 7 | 
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  | 1718: | |  |  |  | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy)  at age 7 | 
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  | 1718: | |  |  |  | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered  at age 7 | 
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  | 1721: | |  |  |  | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss  at age 10 | 
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  | 1722: | |  |  |  | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch  at age 11 | 
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  | 1727: | |  |  |  | Quakers demand abolition of slavery  at age 16 | 
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  | 1727-1760: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover)  from age 16 to age  49 | 
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  | 1729: | |  |  |  | Opium smoking prohibited in China  at age 18 | 
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  | 1733-1735: | |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession  from age 22 to age  24 | 
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  | 1736: | |  |  |  | English statutes against witchcraft repealed  at age 25 | 
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  | 1740-1748: | |  |  |  | Austrian war of the succession  from age 29 to age  37 | 
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  | 1741: | |  |  |  | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising  at age 30 | 
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  | 1742: | |  |  |  | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer  at age 31 | 
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  | 1743: | |  |  |  | 1st settlement in S. Dakota  at age 32 | 
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  | 1745: | |  |  |  | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar)  at age 34 | 
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  | 1749: | |  |  |  | Sign Language for deaf-mutes  at age 38 | 
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  | 1752: | |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod  at age 41 | 
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  | 1752: | |  |  |  | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender  at age 41 | 
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  | 1754-1763: | |  |  |  | French-Indian war  from age 43 to age  52 | 
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  | 1755: | |  |  |  | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead  at age 44 | 
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  | 1756-1763: | |  |  |  | Seven years war  from age 45 to age  52 | 
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  | 1758: | |  |  |  | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance)  at age 47 | 
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  | 1760-1820: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from age 49 until after line end | 
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  | 1760: |  | 
  | 1765: |  | 
  | 1765: | |  |  |  | HMS Victory launched  at age 54 | 
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  | 1769: | |  |  |  | San Francisco bay discovered  at age 58 | 
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  | 1770: | |  |  |  | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob  at age 59 | 
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  | 1772-1775: | |  |  |  | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook  from age 61 to age  64 | 
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  | 1772: | |  |  |  | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England  at age 61 | 
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  | 1773: | |  |  |  | Boston Tea Party  at age 62 | 
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  | 1774: | |  |  |  | 1st Continental Congress meets  at age 63 | 
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  | 1775-1783: | |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British  from age 64 to age  72 | 
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  | 1775-1782: | |  |  |  | British war in India  from age 64 to age  71 | 
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  | 1776: | |  |  |  | Declaration of Independence  at age 65 | 
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  | 1778: | |  |  |  | Congress forbids import of slaves into America  at age 67 | 
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  | 1778: | |  |  |  | France joins war against Britan  at age 67 | 
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  | 1780: | |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity  at age 69 | 
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  | 1781: | |  |  |  | Uranus discovered  at age 70 | 
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  | 1783: | |  |  |  | 1st working hot air balloon  at age 72 | 
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  | 1784: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated  at age 73 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany)  at age 75 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | The Dollar is adopted  at age 75 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Delaware enters the union - 1st  at age 76 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd  at age 76 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd  at age 76 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress  at age 76 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Georgia enters the union - 4th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New York enters the union - 11th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Virginia enters the union - 10th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | South Carolina enters the union - 8th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Maryland enters the union - 7th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Connecticut enters the union - 5th  at age 77 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Constitution goes into effect  at age 77 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | US Army Established  at age 78 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | North Carolina enters the union - 12th  at age 78 | 
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  | 1789-1796: | |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President  from age 78 to age  85 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | 1st official US census  at age 79 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established  at age 79 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th  at age 79 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th  at age 80 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted  at age 80 | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th  at age 81 | 
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  | 1792-1815: | |  |  |  | Napoleonic war  from age 81 until after line end | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves  at age 81 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves)  at age 82 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded  at age 82 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Post Office Established  at age 83 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Navy Established  at age 83 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies  at age 83 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech  at age 85 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th  at age 85 | 
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  | 1796-1800: | |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US  from age 85 to age  89 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox  at age 85 | 
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  | 1798: | |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established  at age 87 | 
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  | 1798-1800: | |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France  from age 87 to age  89 | 
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  | 1798: | |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory  at age 87 | 
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  | 1799: | |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found  at age 88 | 
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  | 1800-1809: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from age 89 to age  98 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta)  at age 89 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia  at age 89 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC  at age 89 | 
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  | 1802: | |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered  at age 91 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased  at age 92 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th  at age 92 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower  at age 92 | 
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  | 1804: | |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 93 | 
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  | 1804-1806: | |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 93 to age  95 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 94 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Morphine isolated  at age 94 | 
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  | 1807: | |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 96 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 97 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 97 | 
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  | 1809-1816: | |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US  from age 98 until after line end | 
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  | 1809: | |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born  at age 98 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded  at age 99 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 99 | 
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