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Johannes Kepler publishes his Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movement of planets around the sun
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King James Version of the Bible published in England
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Great Plague in London kills 75,000.
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The country rapidly changes from
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British establish their first permanent settlement in Australia, sending
shiploads of convicts to colonize the territory they claimed -
Slavery comes to an end in most of the world. Much of Africa is divided into
colonies of various countries of Europe