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German-Dutch
spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope1. -
Dutch builder
Cornelis Drebbel invents the earliest human-powered submarine1. -
English mathematician
William Oughtred invents the slide rule. -
French physician
Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion1. -
Italian engineer and architect
Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine -
English astronomer and mathematician
W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer -
French mathematician
Blaise Pascal invents the adding machine -
Italian mathematician and physicist
Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer -
Scientist and inventor
Otto von Guericke invents an air pump -
Dutch mathematician and scientist
Christiaan Huygens invents a pendulum clock. -
Reverend James Pierpont
According to the early histories of Yale, a group of ten ministers led by the Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven met in nearby Branford in 1700 to found a college. -
Queen Anne’s War
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) was the second of four great wars for empire fought between France, England, and their Indian allies. This struggle broke out when the French raided English settlements on the New England frontier. -
New Jersey colonies are established.
The colony of New Jersey was established on the principle of religious freedom, therefore there were many religions represented in the colony. -
Queen Anne’s War ends
Digital History. Annotation: Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) was the second of four great wars for empire fought between France, England, and their Indian allies. This struggle broke out when the French raided English settlements on the New England frontier. -
The Yamasee War takes place
The Yamasee War was a conflict fought in South Carolina from 1715 to 1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee, who were supported by a number of allied Native American peoples, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, -
South Carolina wins the Yamasee War
The Yamasee War was important because it opened up South Carolina's interior for further colonization. It resulted in the establishment of North and South Carolina as crown colonies. It also resulted in the establishment of Georgia as a colony. -
Dummer’s War begins
Dummer's Treaty (preliminary 1725, final 1727) -
Battle of Pequawket takes place.
British colonial victory -
Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in Russian service, discovers Alaska.
a Danish explorer in Russian service, discovers Alaska. -
The Seven Years' War, 1756 till 1763
The Seven Years' War, which took place between 1756-1763, was a global conflict that spanned five continents, though it was known in America as the “French and Indian War.” -
Thomas Jefferson
takes his seat as the third U.S. president, where he will stay until 1809 -
Thomas Jefferson
jefferson buys Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the country -
explorers Lewis and Clark
explorers Lewis and Clark head west on their two-year, 8,000-mile expedition to explore the new Louisiana Purchase territory -
U.S. founding fathers Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
U.S. founding fathers Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fight a duel; Hamilton is killed and Burr is ruined -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise , precariously balancing the practice of enslavement, holds the Union together, at least temporarily -
America
“America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)” is first performed in Boston. -
James W Marshall
James W Marshall strikes gold in Sutter’s Mill in Coloma. -
American Civil War
American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter. -
US Congress
US Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Little Bighorn leads to victory for Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne.