|  | Year | Event(s) | 
| 1 | 1670 | Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.The first reference to a candy cane is made.
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| 2 | 1671 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
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| 3 | 1675 | Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
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| 4 | 1676 | Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
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| 5 | 1679 | Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
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| 6 | 1685 | James II.  Ruler of England 1685-1689.  House of Stuart (restored): 2nd son of Charles I.  Deposed 1688, interregnum Dec 11, 1688, to Feb 13, 1689.
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