1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 33 |
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1558-1603: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 25 |
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1562-1598: |  |  |  | Wars of religion in France from before birth until age 20 |
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1580: |  |  |  | Flint-lock firing mechanism at age 2 |
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1587: |  |  |  | Sir Walter Raligh's lost colony at Roanoke at age 9 |
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1588: |  |  |  | Spanish Armada defeated by the English at age 10 |
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1589: |  |  |  | Harington invents the Flush Toilet at age 11 |
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1592-1593: |  |  |  | Hideyoshi invades Korea from age 14 to age 15 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 25 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 25 to age 47 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 25 |
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1605: | |
1605: |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 27 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 28 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered at age 28 |
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1607: |  |  |  | Jamestown Colony Established at age 29 |
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1609: |  |  |  | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 31 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 33 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 34 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 34 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 36 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 37 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 40 to age 70 |
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1619: |  |  |  | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 41 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 42 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 42 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 42 |
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1620: |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 42 |
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1625: |  |  |  | English population in America hits 2000 at age 47 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 47 to age 71 |
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1626: |  |  |  | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 48 |
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1629: |  |  |  | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 51 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 52 to age 64 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 55 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 55 |
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1634: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 56 |
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1635: |  |  |  | Connecticut first settled at age 57 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 61 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 64 to age 71 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 64 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 65 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 67 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 71 to age 82 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 72 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 72 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 74 to age 76 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 74 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 76 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 77 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 79 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 79 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 82 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 82 until after line end |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 82 |
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1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 86 to age 87 |
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1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 86 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 87 |
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1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 88 |
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1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 88 |
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1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 90 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 97 to age 98 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 100 |
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