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| 1  | 1558  | - Elizabeth I.  Ruler of England 1558-1603.  House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn.
 
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| 2  | 1568  | - Bottled beer invented in London.
 
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| 3  | 1569  | - Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
 
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| 4  | 1589  | - Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
 
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| 5  | 1590  | - Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
 
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| 6  | 1593  | - Galileo invents a water thermometer.
 
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| 7  | 1603  | - James I.  Ruler of England 1603-1625.  House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.
 
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| 8  | 1608  | - Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
 
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