1685–1815 ~ The Enlightenment
1635–1688 ~ Pirate Captain Morgan
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1642–1660 ~ Charles I & Oliver Cromwell
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1653 ~ Cape Town Founded
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1666 ~ London Fire
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1682 ~ Palace at Versailles
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1689 ~ Peter the Great, Czar of Russia
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1642–1727 ~ Sir Isaac Newton
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1685–1750 ~ Johan Sebastian Bach
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1756–1791 ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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1729–1796 ~ Catherine the Great of Russia
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1757 ~ Robert Clive defeated Nawab
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1765 ~ James Watt enhanced the
steam engine |
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1728–1779 ~ Captain James Cook
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1783 ~ First manned hot air balloon
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1770–1827 ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
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1799 ~ Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery
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1737–1806 ~ George MacCartney
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