|  | Year | Event(s) | 
| 1 | 1709 | Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
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| 2 | 1711 | Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
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| 3 | 1712 | Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine.
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| 4 | 1714 | George I.  Ruler of England 1714-1727.  House of Hanover: Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, grand-daughter of James I.  Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement.
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| 5 | 1717 | Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
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| 6 | 1722 | French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
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| 7 | 1724 | Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
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| 8 | 1727 | George II.  Ruler of England 1727-1760.  House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
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| 9 | 1733 | John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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| 10 | 1745 | E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 11 | 1752 | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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