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| 1 | 1558 | - Elizabeth I. Ruler of England 1558-1603. House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn.
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| 2 | 1568 | - Bottled beer invented in London.
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| 3 | 1569 | - Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
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| 4 | 1589 | - Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
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| 5 | 1590 | - Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
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| 6 | 1593 | - Galileo invents a water thermometer.
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| 7 | 1603 | - James I. Ruler of England 1603-1625. House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.
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| 8 | 1608 | - Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
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