| 1231-1808: | |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 8 | 
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  | 1760-1820: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from before birth until after line end | 
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  | 1792-1815: | |  |  |  | Napoleonic war  from before birth until age 15 | 
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  | 1796-1800: | |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US  from before birth until age 0 | 
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  | 1798-1800: | |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France  from before birth until age 0 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia  at age 0 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC  at age 0 | 
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  | 1800-1809: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from age 0 to age  9 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta)  at age 0 | 
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  | 1802: | |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered  at age 2 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th  at age 3 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower  at age 3 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased  at age 3 | 
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  | 1804-1806: | |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 4 to age  6 | 
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  | 1804: | |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 4 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 5 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Morphine isolated  at age 5 | 
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  | 1807: | |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 7 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 8 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 8 | 
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  | 1809-1816: | |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US  from age 9 to age  16 | 
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  | 1809: | |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born  at age 9 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 10 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded  at age 10 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory  at age 12 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th  at age 12 | 
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  | 1812-1814: | |  |  |  | War of 1812  from age 12 to age  14 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed  at age 15 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France  at age 15 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo  at age 15 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Photographic Negative  at age 16 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th  at age 16 | 
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  | 1817-1824: | |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US  from age 17 until after line end | 
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  | 1817-1825: | |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed  from age 17 until after line end | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th  at age 17 | 
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  | 1817-1823: | |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic  from age 17 until after line end | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory  at age 17 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution  at age 17 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st  at age 18 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic  at age 18 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism  at age 19 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd  at age 19 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory  at age 19 | 
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  | 1820: | |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd  at age 20 | 
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  | 1820-1830: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover)  from age 20 until after line end | 
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