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1 | 1668 | - 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
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2 | 1670 | - 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
- 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
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3 | 1671 | - 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
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4 | 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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5 | 1676 | - 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
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6 | 1679 | - 1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
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7 | 1685 | - 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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