1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from before birth until age 10 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 0 to age 1 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 3 |
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1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 4 |
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1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 5 |
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1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 6 |
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1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 7 |
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1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 8 |
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1684: |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London at age 9 |
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1687: |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 12 |
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1688: |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 13 |
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1689-1702: |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 14 to age 27 |
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1692: |  |  |  | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 17 |
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1700-1721: |  |  |  | Great Northern War from age 25 to age 46 |
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1701: |  |  |  | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 26 |
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1701-1713: |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession from age 26 to age 38 |
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1702-1714: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 27 to age 39 |
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1707: |  |  |  | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 32 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 37 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Slave revolts in New York at age 37 |
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1714-1727: |  |  |  | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 39 to age 52 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 39 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 39 |
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1716: |  |  |  | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 41 |
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1718: |  |  |  | New Orleans founded at age 43 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 43 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 43 |
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1721: |  |  |  | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 46 |
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1722: |  |  |  | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 47 |
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1727: |  |  |  | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 52 |
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1727-1760: |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 52 to age 85 |
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1729: |  |  |  | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 54 |
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1733-1735: |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession from age 58 to age 60 |
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1736: |  |  |  | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 61 |
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1740-1748: |  |  |  | Austrian war of the succession from age 65 to age 73 |
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1741: |  |  |  | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 66 |
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1742: |  |  |  | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 67 |
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1743: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 68 |
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1745: |  |  |  | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 70 |
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1749: |  |  |  | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 74 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 77 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 77 |
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1754-1763: |  |  |  | French-Indian war from age 79 to age 88 |
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1755: |  |  |  | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 80 |
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1756-1763: |  |  |  | Seven years war from age 81 to age 88 |
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1758: |  |  |  | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 83 |
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1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 85 until after line end |
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1760: | |
1765: |  |  |  | HMS Victory launched at age 90 |
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1765: | |
1769: |  |  |  | San Francisco bay discovered at age 94 |
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1770: |  |  |  | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 95 |
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1772: |  |  |  | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 97 |
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1772-1775: |  |  |  | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 97 to age 100 |
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1773: |  |  |  | Boston Tea Party at age 98 |
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1774: |  |  |  | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 99 |
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1775-1783: |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 100 until after line end |
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1775-1782: |  |  |  | British war in India from age 100 until after line end |
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