1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1727-1760: |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 28 |
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1733-1735: |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession from age 1 to age 3 |
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1736: |  |  |  | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 4 |
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1740-1748: |  |  |  | Austrian war of the succession from age 8 to age 16 |
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1741: |  |  |  | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 9 |
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1742: |  |  |  | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 10 |
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1743: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 11 |
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1745: |  |  |  | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 13 |
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1749: |  |  |  | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 17 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 20 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 20 |
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1754-1763: |  |  |  | French-Indian war from age 22 to age 31 |
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1755: |  |  |  | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 23 |
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1756-1763: |  |  |  | Seven years war from age 24 to age 31 |
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1758: |  |  |  | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 26 |
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1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 28 until after line end |
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1760: | |
1765: |  |  |  | HMS Victory launched at age 33 |
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1765: | |
1769: |  |  |  | San Francisco bay discovered at age 37 |
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1770: |  |  |  | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 38 |
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1772-1775: |  |  |  | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 40 to age 43 |
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1772: |  |  |  | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 40 |
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1773: |  |  |  | Boston Tea Party at age 41 |
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1774: |  |  |  | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 42 |
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1775-1782: |  |  |  | British war in India from age 43 to age 50 |
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1775-1783: |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 43 to age 51 |
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1776: |  |  |  | Declaration of Independence at age 44 |
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1778: |  |  |  | France joins war against Britan at age 46 |
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1778: |  |  |  | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 46 |
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1780: |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 48 |
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1781: |  |  |  | Uranus discovered at age 49 |
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1783: |  |  |  | 1st working hot air balloon at age 51 |
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1784: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 52 |
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1786: |  |  |  | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 54 |
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1786: |  |  |  | The Dollar is adopted at age 54 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 55 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 55 |
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1787: |  |  |  | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 55 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 55 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Constitution goes into effect at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | New York enters the union - 11th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 56 |
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1788: |  |  |  | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 56 |
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1789: |  |  |  | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 57 |
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1789: |  |  |  | US Army Established at age 57 |
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1789-1796: |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President from age 57 to age 64 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 58 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established at age 58 |
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1790: |  |  |  | 1st official US census at age 58 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 59 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 59 |
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1792: |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 60 |
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1792-1815: |  |  |  | Napoleonic war from age 60 until after line end |
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1792: |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 60 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 61 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 61 |
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1794: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 62 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Navy Established at age 62 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Post Office Established at age 62 |
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1796-1800: |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 64 to age 68 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 64 |
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1796: |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech at age 64 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 64 |
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1798-1800: |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France from age 66 to age 68 |
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1798: |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 66 |
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1798: |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established at age 66 |
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1799: |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found at age 67 |
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1800-1809: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 68 until after line end |
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1800: |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 68 |
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1800: |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 68 |
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1800: |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia at age 68 |
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1802: |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 70 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 71 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 71 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 71 |
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1804: |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 72 |
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1804-1806: |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 72 to age 74 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 73 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Morphine isolated at age 73 |
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1807: |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 75 |
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