| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1454-1611: | | | | The Renaissance from before birth until age 16 |
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| 1558-1603: | | | | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 8 |
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| 1562-1598: | | | | Wars of religion in France from before birth until age 3 |
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| 1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 8 to age 30 |
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| 1603: | | | | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 8 |
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| 1603: | | | | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 8 |
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| 1605: | | | | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 10 |
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| 1606: | | | | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 11 |
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| 1606: | | | | Virginia Company Chartered at age 11 |
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| 1607: | | | | Jamestown Colony Established at age 12 |
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| 1609: | | | | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 14 |
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| 1611: | | | | King James Bible is published at age 16 |
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| 1612: | | | | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 17 |
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| 1612: | | | | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 17 |
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| 1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 19 |
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| 1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 20 |
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| 1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 23 to age 53 |
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| 1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 24 |
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| 1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 25 |
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| 1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 25 |
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| 1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 25 |
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| 1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 25 |
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| 1625-1649: | | | | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 30 to age 54 |
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| 1625: | | | | English population in America hits 2000 at age 30 |
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| 1626: | | | | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 31 |
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| 1629: | | | | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 34 |
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| 1630-1642: | | | | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 35 to age 47 |
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| 1633: | | | | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 38 |
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| 1633: | | | | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 38 |
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| 1634: | | | | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 39 |
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| 1635: | | | | Connecticut first settled at age 40 |
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| 1639: | | | | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 44 |
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| 1642-1649: | | | | English Civil War from age 47 to age 54 |
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| 1642: | | | | Pascal invents Calculator at age 47 |
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| 1643: | | | | Barometer invented at age 48 |
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| 1645: | | | | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 50 |
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| 1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 54 to age 65 |
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| 1650: | | | | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 55 |
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| 1650: | | | | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 55 |
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| 1652-1654: | | | | Anglo-Dutch war from age 57 to age 59 |
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| 1652: | | | | Air Pump invented at age 57 |
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| 1654: | | | | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 59 |
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| 1655: | | | | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 60 |
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| 1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 62 |
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| 1657: | | | | First Stockings at age 62 |
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| 1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 65 |
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| 1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 65 |
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| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 65 until after line end |
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| 1661: | |
| 1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 69 to age 70 |
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| 1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 69 |
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| 1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 70 |
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