| 1231-1808 |
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Papal Inquisition |
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| 1478-1834 |
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Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition |
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| 1689-1702 |
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Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) |
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| 1700-1721 |
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Great Northern War |
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| 1701 |
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Captain William Kidd hung for piracy |
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| 1701-1713 |
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War of Spanish Succession |
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| 1702-1714 |
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Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) |
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| 1707 |
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Mount Fujiyama erupts |
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| 1712 |
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Last execution for witchcraft in England |
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| 1712 |
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Slave revolts in New York |
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| 1714 |
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Witch trials abolished in Prussia |
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| 1714-1727 |
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Reign of King George I (Hanover) |
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| 1714 |
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Farenheit invents mercury thermometer |
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| 1716 |
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Christian teaching forbidden in China |
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| 1718 |
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Peter the Great has son and heir murdered |
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| 1718 |
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New Orleans founded |
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| 1718 |
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Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) |
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| 1721 |
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Rifles brought to America by the Swiss |
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| 1722 |
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Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch |
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| 1727-1760 |
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Reign of King George II (Hanover) |
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| 1727 |
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Quakers demand abolition of slavery |
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| 1729 |
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Opium smoking prohibited in China |
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| 1733-1735 |
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War of Polish Succession |
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| 1736 |
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English statutes against witchcraft repealed |
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| 1740-1748 |
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Austrian war of the succession |
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| 1741 |
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Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising |
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| 1742 |
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Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer |
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| 1743 |
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1st settlement in S. Dakota |
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| 1745 |
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Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) |
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| 1749 |
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Sign Language for deaf-mutes |
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| 1752 |
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Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calendar |
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| 1752 |
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Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod |
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| 1754-1763 |
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French-Indian war |
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| 1755 |
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Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead |
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| 1756-1763 |
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Seven years war |
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| 1758 |
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Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) |
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| 1760 |
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Bifocals |
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| 1760-1820 |
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Reign of King George III (Hanover) |
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| 1765 |
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Steam Engine |
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| 1765 |
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HMS Victory launched |
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| 1770 |
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Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob |
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| 1772-1775 |
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Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook |
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| 1772 |
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Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England |
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| 1773 |
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Boston Tea Party |
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| 1774 |
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1st Continental Congress meets |
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| 1775-1783 |
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American Revolutionary War against the British |
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| 1775-1782 |
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British war in India |
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| 1776 |
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Declaration of Independence |
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| 1778 |
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Congress forbids import of slaves into America |
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| 1778 |
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France joins war against Britain |
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| 1780 |
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Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity |
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| 1781 |
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Uranus discovered |
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| 1783 |
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1st working hot air balloon |
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| 1784 |
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Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated |
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| 1786 |
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First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) |
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| 1786 |
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The Dollar is adopted |
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| 1787 |
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Delaware enters the union - 1st |
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| 1787 |
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Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress |
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| 1787 |
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New Jersey enters the union - 3rd |
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| 1787 |
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Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd |
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| 1788 |
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Maryland enters the union - 7th |
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| 1788 |
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Georgia enters the union - 4th |
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| 1788 |
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Constitution goes into effect |
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| 1788 |
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South Carolina enters the union - 8th |
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| 1788 |
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Massachusetts enters the union - 6th |
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| 1788 |
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New Hampshire enters the union - 9th |
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| 1788 |
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New York enters the union - 11th |
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| 1788 |
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Virginia enters the union - 10th |
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| 1788 |
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Connecticut enters the union - 5th |
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| 1789 |
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US Army Established |
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| 1789-1796 |
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George Washington selected 1st President |
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| 1789 |
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North Carolina enters the union - 12th |
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| 1790 |
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Rhode Island enters the union - 13th |
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| 1790 |
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1st official US census |
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| 1790 |
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Coast Guard Established |
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| 1791 |
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Federal Bill of rights adopted |
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| 1791 |
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Vermont enters the union -14th |
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| 1792 |
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Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves |
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| 1792 |
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Kentucky enters the union - 15th |
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| 1792-1815 |
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Napoleonic war |
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| 1793 |
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Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin |
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| 1793 |
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Marie Antoinette beheaded |
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| 1794 |
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US Post Office Established |
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| 1794 |
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Slavery abolished in French colonies |
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| 1794 |
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US Navy Established |
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| 1796-1800 |
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John Adams elected 2nd president of US |
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| 1796 |
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Vaccination against Smallpox |
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| 1796 |
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France's presses get right of free speech |
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| 1796 |
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Tennesee enters the union - 16th |
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| 1798 |
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Mississippi organized as a territory |
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| 1798 |
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Lithography |
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| 1798 |
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US Marine Corps Established |
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| 1798-1800 |
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Undeclared war with France |
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| 1799 |
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Rosetta Stone found |
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| 1800 |
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1st Battery (Volta) |
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| 1800-1809 |
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Thomas Jefferson elected president of US |
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| 1800 |
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Russia annexes Georgia |
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| 1800 |
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US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
