1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 12 |
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1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 24 |
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1789-1796: |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 0 |
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1792-1815: |  |  |  | Napoleonic war from before birth until age 19 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 0 |
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1796: |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech at age 0 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 0 |
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1796-1800: |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 0 to age 4 |
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1798-1800: |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France from age 2 to age 4 |
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1798: |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established at age 2 |
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1798: | |
1798: |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 2 |
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1799: |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found at age 3 |
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1800: |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia at age 4 |
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1800: |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 4 |
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1800-1809: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 4 to age 13 |
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1800: |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 4 |
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1802: |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 6 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 7 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 7 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 7 |
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1804-1806: |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 8 to age 10 |
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1804: |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 8 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 9 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Morphine isolated at age 9 |
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1807: |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 11 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 12 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 12 |
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1809-1816: |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US from age 13 to age 20 |
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1809: |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born at age 13 |
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1810: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 14 |
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1810: |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded at age 14 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory at age 16 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 16 |
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1812-1814: |  |  |  | War of 1812 from age 16 to age 18 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 19 |
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1815: |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France at age 19 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo at age 19 |
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1816: |  |  |  | Photographic Negative at age 20 |
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1816: | |
1816: |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 20 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 21 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory at age 21 |
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1817-1823: |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 27 |
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1817-1825: |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed from age 21 until after line end |
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1817: |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 21 |
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1817-1824: |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US from age 21 until after line end |
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1818: |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 22 |
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1818: |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 22 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 23 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 23 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 23 |
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1820-1830: |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 24 until after line end |
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1820: |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 24 |
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1821: |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 25 |
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1821-1829: |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence from age 25 until after line end |
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1821: |  |  |  | 1st US women's college at age 25 |
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1821: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 25 |
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1822: |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory at age 26 |
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