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| 1 | 1620 | - 1620: The earliest human-powered submarine invented.
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| 2 | 1624 | - 1624: William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
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| 3 | 1625 | - 1625: Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
- 1625: Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.
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| 4 | 1629 | - 1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
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| 5 | 1636 | - 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
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| 6 | 1637 | - 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
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| 7 | 1642 | - 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
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| 8 | 1643 | - 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
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| 9 | 1649 | - 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
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| 10 | 1650 | - 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
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| 11 | 1656 | - 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
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| 12 | 1658 | - 1658: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
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| 13 | 1660 | - 1660: Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region.
- 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.
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| 14 | 1663 | - 1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
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| 15 | 1668 | - 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
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| 16 | 1670 | - 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
- 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
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| 17 | 1671 | - 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
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| 18 | 1675 | - 1675: King Philip's War: New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.
- 1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
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| 19 | 1676 | - 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
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| 20 | 1679 | - 1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
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1618 - 1679 (61 years)