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| 1 | 1689 | - 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.
- 1689: King William's War: English Colonies vs France 1689-1697.
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| 2 | 1698 | - 1698: Englishman, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump.
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| 3 | 1701 | - 1701: Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
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| 4 | 1702 | - 1702: Queen Anne's War: English Colonies vs France 1702-1713.
- 1702: Anne. Ruler of England 1702-1714. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
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| 5 | 1709 | - 1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
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| 6 | 1711 | - 1711: Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
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| 7 | 1712 | - 1712: Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine.
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| 8 | 1714 | - 1714: George I. Ruler of England 1714-1727. House of Hanover: Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, grand-daughter of James I. Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement.
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| 9 | 1717 | - 1717: Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
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| 10 | 1722 | - 1722: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
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| 11 | 1723 | - 1723: Drummer's War 1723-1726.
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| 12 | 1724 | - 1724: Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
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| 13 | 1727 | - 1727: George II. Ruler of England 1727-1760. House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
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| 14 | 1733 | - 1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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| 15 | 1744 | - 1744: King George's War: French Colonies vs Great Britain 1744-1748.
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| 16 | 1745 | - 1745: E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 17 | 1752 | - 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 18 | 1755 | - 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 19 | 1756 | - 1756: French and Indian War: also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain 1756-1763.
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| 20 | 1757 | - 1757: John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 21 | 1758 | - 1758: Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 22 | 1759 | - 1759: Cherokee War: English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians 1759-1761.
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| 23 | 1760 | - 1760: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 24 | 1761 | - 1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 25 | 1764 | - 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 26 | 1767 | - 1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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| 27 | 1768 | - 1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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| 28 | 1769 | - 1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
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| 29 | 1774 | - 1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
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| 30 | 1775 | - 1775: American Revolution: English Colonists vs Great Britain 1775-1783.
- 1775: Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
- 1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
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| 31 | 1776 | - 1776: USA: signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine.
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| 32 | 1779 | - 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
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| 33 | 1780 | - 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
- 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.
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| 34 | 1783 | - 1783: Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock.
- 1783: Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.
- 1783: Louis Sebastien demonstrates the first parachute.
- 1783: Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier invent the hot-air balloon.
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| 35 | 1784 | - 1784: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
- 1784: Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock.
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| 36 | 1785 | - 1785: Claude Berthollet invents chemical bleaching.
- 1785: Charles Augustus Coulomb invents the torsion balance.
- 1785: Blanchard invents a working parachute.
- 1785: Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.
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| 37 | 1786 | - 1786: John Fitch invents a steamboat.
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| 38 | 1789 | - 1789: George Washington first president of the United States 1789-1797.
- 1789: The guillotine is invented.
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| 39 | 1790 | - 1790: The United States issued its first patent to William Pollard of Philadelphia for a machine that roves and spins cotton.
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| 40 | 1791 | - 1791: Early bicycles invented in Scotland.
- 1791: John Barber invents the gas turbine.
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| 41 | 1792 | - 1792: William Murdoch invents gas lighting.
- 1792: The first ambulance.
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| 42 | 1794 | - 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
- 1794: Welshmen, Philip Vaughan invents ball bearings.
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| 43 | 1795 | - 1795: Francois Appert invents the preserving jar for food.
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| 44 | 1796 | - 1796: Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination.
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