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British defeat Phillip ll's Spanish Armada
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French Revolution
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Louis XlV begins to rule France
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Newton publishes law of gravity
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Peter the Great becomes czar of Russia
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Fahrenheit invents mercury thermometer
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Storming of the Bastille ignites the French Revolution
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Napolean overthrows the Directory through a caupdetat
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Napolean crowns himself emperor,begins to create a vast European empire