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Heinrich Körner

Male 1585 -


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   Date  Event(s)
1589 
  • 1589: Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
1590 
  • 1590: Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
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: Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.
  • 1625: Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
1629 
  • 1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
10 1636 
  • 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
11 1637 
  • 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
12 1642 
  • 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
13 1643 
  • 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
14 1649 
  • 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
15 1650 
  • 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
16 1656 
  • 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
17 1658 
  • 1658: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
18 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.
19 1663 
  • 1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
20 1668 
  • 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
21 1670 
  • 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
  • 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
22 1671 
  • 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
23 1675 
  • 1675: King Philip's War: New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.
  • 1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
24 1676 
  • 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
25 1679 
  • 1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
26 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.
27 1689 
  • 1689: King William's War: English Colonies vs France 1689-1697.
  • 1689: William III and Mary II. Rulers of England 1689-1702. House of Stuart (restored): Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.