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| 1 | 1636 | - 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
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| 2 | 1637 | - 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
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| 3 | 1642 | - 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
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| 4 | 1643 | - 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
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| 5 | 1649 | - 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
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| 6 | 1650 | - 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
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| 7 | 1656 | - 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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1632 - 1660 (28 years)