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Edward Bangs

Male 1591 - 1678  (87 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1593 
  • 1593: Galileo invents a water thermometer.
1603 
  • 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.
1608 
  • 1608: Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
1620 
  • 1620: The earliest human-powered submarine invented.
1624 
  • 1624: William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
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.
1629 
  • 1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
1636 
  • 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
1637 
  • 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
10 1642 
  • 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
11 1643 
  • 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
12 1649 
  • 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
13 1650 
  • 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
14 1656 
  • 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
15 1658 
  • 1658: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
16 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.
17 1663 
  • 1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
18 1668 
  • 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
19 1670 
  • 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
  • 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
20 1671 
  • 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
21 1675 
  • 1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
  • 1675: King Philip's War: New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.
22 1676 
  • 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.