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Year |
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| 1 | 1650 | - Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
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| 2 | 1656 | - Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
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| 3 | 1658 | - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
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| 4 | 1660 | - Charles II. Ruler of England 1660-1685. House of Stuart (restored): Eldest son of Charles I, died without issue. De Jure King from Jan 30, 1649.
- Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region.
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| 5 | 1663 | - James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
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| 6 | 1668 | - Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
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| 7 | 1670 | - Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
- The first reference to a candy cane is made.
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| 8 | 1671 | - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
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| 9 | 1675 | - Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
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| 10 | 1676 | - Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
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| 11 | 1679 | - Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
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| 12 | 1685 | - James II. Ruler of England 1685-1689. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd son of Charles I. Deposed 1688, interregnum Dec 11, 1688, to Feb 13, 1689.
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| 13 | 1689 | - William III and Mary II. Rulers of England 1689-1702. House of Stuart (restored): Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.
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| 14 | 1698 | - Englishman, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump.
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| 15 | 1701 | - Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
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| 16 | 1702 | - Anne. Ruler of England 1702-1714. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
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| 17 | 1709 | - Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
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| 18 | 1711 | - Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
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| 19 | 1712 | - Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine.
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| 20 | 1714 | - George I. Ruler of England 1714-1727. House of Hanover: Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, grand-daughter of James I. Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement.
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| 21 | 1717 | - Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
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| 22 | 1722 | - French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
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| 23 | 1724 | - Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
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| 24 | 1727 | - George II. Ruler of England 1727-1760. House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
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| 25 | 1733 | - John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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| 26 | 1745 | - E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 27 | 1752 | - Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 28 | 1755 | - Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 29 | 1757 | - John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 30 | 1758 | - Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 31 | 1760 | - George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 32 | 1761 | - Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 33 | 1764 | - James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 34 | 1767 | - Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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| 35 | 1768 | - Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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| 36 | 1769 | - James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
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| 37 | 1774 | - Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
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| 38 | 1775 | - Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
- Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
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| 39 | 1776 | - David Bushnell invents a submarine.
- July 4, 1776 -- Declaration of Independence
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| 40 | 1779 | - Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
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| 41 | 1780 | - Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
- Gervinus invents the circular saw.
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| 42 | 1783 | - Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock.
- Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.
- Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier invent the hot-air balloon.
- Louis Sebastien demonstrates the first parachute.
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| 43 | 1784 | - Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
- Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock.
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| 44 | 1785 | - Blanchard invents a working parachute.
- Charles Augustus Coulomb invents the torsion balance.
- Claude Berthollet invents chemical bleaching.
- Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.
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| 45 | 1786 | - John Fitch invents a steamboat.
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| 46 | 1789 | - George Washington first president of the United States 1789-1797.
- The guillotine is invented.
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| 47 | 1790 | - The United States issued its first patent to William Pollard of Philadelphia for a machine that roves and spins cotton.
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| 48 | 1791 | - Early bicycles invented in Scotland.
- John Barber invents the gas turbine.
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| 49 | 1792 | - The first ambulance.
- William Murdoch invents gas lighting.
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| 50 | 1794 | - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
- Welshmen, Philip Vaughan invents ball bearings.
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