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Jamestown was established.
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Hans Lippershey invents the refracting telescope.
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William Shakespeare dies.
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The house of burgesses met for the first time.
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Cornelis Drebbel invents the submarine.
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Pilgrims arrive to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower.
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Taj Mahal built.
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French settlers move into Mississippi and Louisiana