1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 78 |
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1478-1834: | |
1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 30 |
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1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 3 to age 5 |
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1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 6 |
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1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 10 to age 18 |
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1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 11 |
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1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 12 |
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1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 13 |
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1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 15 |
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1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 19 |
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1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 22 |
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1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 22 |
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1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 24 to age 33 |
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1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 25 |
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1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 26 to age 33 |
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1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 28 |
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1760: | |
1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 30 until after line end |
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1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 35 |
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1765: | |
1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 39 |
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1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 40 |
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1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 42 to age 45 |
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1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 42 |
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1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 43 |
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1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 44 |
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1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 45 to age 52 |
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1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 45 to age 53 |
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1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 46 |
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1778: | | | | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 48 |
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1778: | | | | France joins war against Britan at age 48 |
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1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 50 |
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1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 51 |
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1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 53 |
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1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 54 |
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1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 56 |
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1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 56 |
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1787: | | | | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 57 |
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1787: | | | | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 57 |
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1787: | | | | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 57 |
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1787: | | | | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 57 |
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1788: | | | | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | Constitution goes into effect at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | New York enters the union - 11th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 58 |
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1788: | | | | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 58 |
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1789-1796: | | | | George Washington selected 1st President from age 59 to age 66 |
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1789: | | | | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 59 |
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1789: | | | | US Army Established at age 59 |
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1790: | | | | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 60 |
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1790: | | | | 1st official US census at age 60 |
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1790: | | | | Coast Guard Established at age 60 |
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1791: | | | | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 61 |
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1791: | | | | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 61 |
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1792: | | | | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 62 |
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1792: | | | | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 62 |
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1792-1815: | | | | Napoleonic war from age 62 until after line end |
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1793: | | | | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 63 |
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1793: | | | | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 63 |
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1794: | | | | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 64 |
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1794: | | | | US Navy Established at age 64 |
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1794: | | | | US Post Office Established at age 64 |
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1796: | | | | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 66 |
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1796-1800: | | | | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 66 to age 70 |
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1796: | | | | France's presses get right of free speech at age 66 |
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1796: | | | | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 66 |
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1798: | |
1798: | | | | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 68 |
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1798: | | | | US Marine Corps Established at age 68 |
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1798-1800: | | | | Undeclared war with France from age 68 to age 70 |
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1799: | | | | Rosetta Stone found at age 69 |
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1800: | | | | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 70 |
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1800: | | | | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 70 |
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1800: | | | | Russia annexes Georgia at age 70 |
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1800-1809: | | | | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 70 to age 79 |
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1802: | | | | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 72 |
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1803: | | | | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 73 |
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1803: | | | | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 73 |
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1803: | | | | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 73 |
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1804: | | | | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 74 |
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1804-1806: | | | | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 74 to age 76 |
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1805: | | | | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 75 |
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1805: | | | | Morphine isolated at age 75 |
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1807: | | | | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 77 |
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1808: | | | | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 78 |
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1808: | | | | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 78 |
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1809-1816: | | | | James Madison elected president of US from age 79 until after line end |
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1809: | | | | Charles Darwin born at age 79 |
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1810: | | | | Homeopathy founded at age 80 |
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1810: | | | | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 80 |
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1812-1814: | | | | War of 1812 from age 82 until after line end |
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1812: | | | | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 82 |
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1812: | | | | Missouri organized as a territory at age 82 |
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