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Refracting Telescope
Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope.
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Kalmar War
Sweden and Denmark battled for control of the northern Norwegian Coast.
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KJV Published
In England, the King James Version of the Bible was published.
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Shakespeare Died
English playwright and poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52 in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23,1616.
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Thirty Years' War
Beginning of the Thirty Years' War where Protestants rebelled against Catholic injustice.
Image: https://www-jstor-org.research-db.letu.edu/stable/204823?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=thirty+years+war&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dthirty%2Byears%2Bwar%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%2Ftest&refreqid=fastly-default%3A87e1bd9dd99e0b11110bd9d7ffb2e361&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents -
African Slaves
African slaves are brought to Jamestown for the first time in 1619.
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Submarine
The first human-powered submarine was built by Dutchman Cornelis Drebbel.
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The Mayflower Lands
The Mayflower arrives at Plymouth, Massachusetts carrying Pilgrims from England.
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Powhatan War
A conflict between English settlers and Powhatan Indians which resulted in the extinction of Indian power.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Powhatan-War -
Slide Ruler
William Oughtred, English mathematician, invents the slide ruler.
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Steam Turbine
Giovanni Branca, an Italian architect and engineer, creates a steam turbine.
https://engineeringhistory.tumblr.com/post/149128799094/illustration-of-giovanni-brancas-steam-engine -
Micrometer
W. Gascoigne, an English mathematician and astronomer, invents the micrometer.
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Bishops' Wars
Two small fights between Charles I and the Scottish over revoking episcopacy and upholding Anglican observances.
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English Civil Wars
Also referred to as the Great Rebellion, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, or the British Civil Wars.
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Adding Machine
The adding machine was invented by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician.
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Barometer
The barometer was invented by an Italian physicist and mathematician named Evangelista Torricelli.
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End of Thirty Years' War
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Air Pump
Otto von Guericke created the first air pump.
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/first-air-pump-by-otto-von-guericke-published-1877-gm120748977-16299097 -
First Northern War
Polish-Swedish Succession
https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Northern-War -
Pendulum Clock
Dutchman Christian Huygens develops the pendulum clock.
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Cuckoo Clock
In the Black Forest region of Furtwangen, Germany, cuckoo clocks were made.
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War of Devolution
France and Spain fighting over control of the Spanish Netherlands.
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Reflecting Telescope
Physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton made a reflecting telescope.
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Champagne
A cellar master and monk named Dom Perignon invented Champagne at a French monastery.
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Calculating Machine
The calculating machine was created by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz who was a German philosopher and mathematician.
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Bacteria Through Microscope
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch Microbiologist, was the first to describe bacteria viewed with a microscope.
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Pocket Watch
Christian Huygens, a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, patents the pocket watch.
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King Philip's War
Also known as the Great Narragansett War in which the British colonial Americans set the Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian friends.
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Universal Joint
The universal joint was created by natural philosopher and English architect, Robert Hooke.
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Pressure Cooker
French inventor, physicist, and mathematician Denis Papin invented the pressure cooker. Image:
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War of the Grand Alliance
Also referred to as the War of the League of Augsburg where the hidden conflict was the balance of influence between the Bourbon and Habsburg regimes.
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King William's War
North Americans continuance of the War of the Grand Alliance.
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Steam Pump
A steam pump was invented by English engineer and inventor Thomas Savery.
Image: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Savery
