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William Palmer

Male 1583 - 1637  (54 years)


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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: 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.
10 1636 
  • 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
11 1637 
  • 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638