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Rebecca Terry

Female 1626 - 1686  (60 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1629 
  • 1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
1636 
  • 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
1637 
  • 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
1642 
  • 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
1643 
  • 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
1649 
  • 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
1650 
  • 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
1656 
  • 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
1658 
  • 1658: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
10 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.
11 1663 
  • 1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
12 1668 
  • 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
13 1670 
  • 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
  • 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
14 1671 
  • 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
15 1675 
  • 1675: King Philip's War: New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.
  • 1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
16 1676 
  • 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
17 1679 
  • 1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
18 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.