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| 1 | 1603 | - 1603—1625: ROYAL: .James I. Ruler of England. 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.
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| 2 | 1611 | - 1611—1611: HISTORY: Galileo exhibits the wonders of the telescope to the pontifical court. .He tries to produce scriptural confirmation of the view that the earth revolves around the sun, but he is rebuffed.
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| 3 | 1617 | - 1617—1617: HISTORY: Cigars & Cigarettes are born..Ships carrying 50,000 pounds of cured tobacco annually from Virginia to England. Smoking has become a fad in England, with King James describing it as loathsome
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| 4 | 1620 | - 1620—1620: HISTORY: .Earliest human-powered submarine invented.
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| 5 | 1624 | - 1624—1624: HISTORY: .William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
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| 6 | 1625 | - 1625—1625: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
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| 7 | 1629 | - 1629—1629: HISTORY: .Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
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Bef 1610 - Bef 1631 (21 years)
