| 1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1478-1834: | |
| 1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from before birth until age 6 |
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| 1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from before birth until age 0 |
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| 1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 0 |
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| 1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 1 |
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| 1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 3 |
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| 1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 6 to age 31 |
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| 1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 6 |
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| 1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 6 |
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| 1661: | |
| 1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 10 to age 11 |
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| 1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 10 |
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| 1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 11 |
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| 1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 12 |
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| 1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 12 |
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| 1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 14 |
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| 1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 21 to age 22 |
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| 1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 24 |
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| 1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 25 |
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| 1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 26 |
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| 1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 27 |
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| 1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 28 |
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| 1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 29 |
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| 1684: |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London at age 30 |
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| 1687: |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 33 |
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| 1688: |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 34 |
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| 1689-1702: |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 35 to age 48 |
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| 1692: |  |  |  | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 38 |
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| 1700-1721: |  |  |  | Great Northern War from age 46 to age 67 |
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| 1701: |  |  |  | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 47 |
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| 1701-1713: |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession from age 47 to age 59 |
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| 1702-1714: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 48 to age 60 |
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| 1707: |  |  |  | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 53 |
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| 1712: |  |  |  | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 58 |
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| 1712: |  |  |  | Slave revolts in New York at age 58 |
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| 1714-1727: |  |  |  | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 60 to age 73 |
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| 1714: |  |  |  | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 60 |
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| 1714: |  |  |  | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 60 |
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| 1716: |  |  |  | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 62 |
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| 1718: |  |  |  | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 64 |
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| 1718: |  |  |  | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 64 |
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| 1718: |  |  |  | New Orleans founded at age 64 |
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| 1721: |  |  |  | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 67 |
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| 1722: |  |  |  | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 68 |
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| 1727-1760: |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 73 until after line end |
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| 1727: |  |  |  | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 73 |
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| 1729: |  |  |  | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 75 |
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| 1733-1735: |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession from age 79 until after line end |
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