| 1231-1808: | |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 4 | 
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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 1760-1820: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from before birth until age 16 | 
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  | 1792-1815: | |  |  |  | Napoleonic war  from before birth until age 11 | 
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  | 1800-1809: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from before birth until age 5 | 
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  | 1804: | |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 0 | 
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  | 1804-1806: | |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 0 to age  2 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Morphine isolated  at age 1 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 1 | 
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  | 1807: | |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 3 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 4 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 4 | 
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  | 1809: | |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born  at age 5 | 
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  | 1809-1816: | |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US  from age 5 to age  12 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded  at age 6 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 6 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory  at age 8 | 
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  | 1812-1814: | |  |  |  | War of 1812  from age 8 to age  10 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo  at age 11 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed  at age 11 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France  at age 11 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th  at age 12 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Photographic Negative  at age 12 | 
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  | 1816: |  | 
  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory  at age 13 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th  at age 13 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution  at age 13 | 
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  | 1817-1823: | |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic  from age 13 to age  19 | 
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  | 1817-1824: | |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US  from age 13 to age  20 | 
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  | 1817-1825: | |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed  from age 13 to age  21 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st  at age 14 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic  at age 14 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism  at age 15 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory  at age 15 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd  at age 15 | 
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  | 1820-1830: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover)  from age 16 to age  26 | 
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  | 1820: | |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd  at age 16 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million  at age 17 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | 1st US women's college  at age 17 | 
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  | 1821: | |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th  at age 17 | 
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  | 1821-1829: | |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence  from age 17 to age  25 | 
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  | 1822: | |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory  at age 18 | 
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  | 1824-1828: | |  |  |  | John Quincy Adams president of US  from age 20 to age  24 | 
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  | 1824: | |  |  |  | Erie canal finished  at age 20 | 
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  | 1824: | |  |  |  | Internal Combustion Engine  at age 20 | 
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  | 1826: | |  |  |  | 1st railroad tunnel (England)  at age 22 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | Ship's propeller (screw)  at age 23 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal  at age 23 | 
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  | 1827: | |  |  |  | Ohms Law formulated  at age 23 | 
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  | 1828: | |  |  |  | 1st railroad in the US  at age 24 | 
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  | 1828: | |  |  |  | 1st Webster's Dictionary  at age 24 | 
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  | 1828-1836: | |  |  |  | Andrew Jackson president of US  from age 24 to age  32 | 
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  | 1829: | |  |  |  | 1st US patent on a typewriter  at age 25 | 
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  | 1829-1851: | |  |  |  | 2nd Cholera pandemic  from age 25 until after line end | 
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  | 1830: | |  |  |  | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded  at age 26 | 
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  | 1830-1860: | |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US  from age 26 until after line end | 
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  | 1830-1837: | |  |  |  | Reign of King William IV (Hanover)  from age 26 to age  33 | 
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  | 1832: | |  |  |  | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York  at age 28 | 
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  | 1833: | |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies)  at age 29 | 
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  | 1833: |  | 
  | 1834: | |  |  |  | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage  at age 30 | 
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  | 1835: |  | 
  | 1835: | |  |  |  | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891  at age 31 | 
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  | 1835-1842: | |  |  |  | 2nd Seminole War  from age 31 until after line end | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Texas war for independence from Mexico  at age 32 | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Arkansas enters the union -25th  at age 32 | 
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  | 1836: | |  |  |  | Battle of the Alamo  at age 32 | 
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  | 1837-1840: | |  |  |  | Martin Van Buren president of US  from age 33 to age  36 | 
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  | 1837-1901: | |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)  from age 33 until after line end | 
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  | 1837: | |  |  |  | Michigan enters the union - 26th  at age 33 | 
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  | 1837: | |  |  |  | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation  at age 33 | 
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  | 1838-1839: | |  |  |  | Forced relocation of Cherokee  from age 34 to age  35 | 
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  | 1839-1842: | |  |  |  | Opium war between China and the English  from age 35 until after line end | 
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