1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: | | | | The Renaissance from before birth until age 1 |
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1478-1834: | |
1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from before birth until age 15 |
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1611: | | | | King James Bible is published at age 1 |
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1612: | | | | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 2 |
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1612: | | | | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 2 |
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1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 4 |
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1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 5 |
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1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 8 to age 38 |
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1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 9 |
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1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 10 |
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1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 10 |
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1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 10 |
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1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 10 |
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1625-1649: | | | | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 15 to age 39 |
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1625: | | | | English population in America hits 2000 at age 15 |
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1626: | | | | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 16 |
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1629: | | | | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 19 |
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1630-1642: | | | | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 20 to age 32 |
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1633: | | | | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 23 |
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1633: | | | | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 23 |
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1634: | | | | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 24 |
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1635: | | | | Connecticut first settled at age 25 |
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1639: | | | | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 29 |
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1642: | | | | Pascal invents Calculator at age 32 |
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1642-1649: | | | | English Civil War from age 32 to age 39 |
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1643: | | | | Barometer invented at age 33 |
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1645: | | | | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 35 |
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1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 39 to age 50 |
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1650: | | | | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 40 |
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1650: | | | | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 40 |
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1652: | | | | Air Pump invented at age 42 |
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1652-1654: | | | | Anglo-Dutch war from age 42 to age 44 |
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1654: | | | | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 44 |
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1655: | | | | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 45 |
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1657: | | | | First Stockings at age 47 |
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1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 47 |
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1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 50 |
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1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 50 |
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1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 50 to age 75 |
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1661: | |
1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 54 to age 55 |
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1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 54 |
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1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 55 |
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1666: | | | | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 56 |
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1666: | | | | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 56 |
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1668: | | | | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 58 |
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1675-1676: | | | | King Phillip's War from age 65 to age 66 |
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1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 68 |
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1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 69 |
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1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 70 |
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1681: | | | | Pennsylvania founded at age 71 |
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1682: | | | | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 72 |
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1683: | | | | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 73 |
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1684: | | | | Street lighting introduced in London at age 74 |
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1687: | | | | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 77 |
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1688: | | | | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 78 |
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1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 79 to age 92 |
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1692: | | | | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 82 |
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1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 90 until after line end |
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1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 91 |
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1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 91 until after line end |
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1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 92 until after line end |
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1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 97 |
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