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 1620 - 1625 (5 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1620 | - 1620—1620: Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
- 21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: (Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New
England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
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| 2 | 1621 | - 1621—1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
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| 3 | 1622 | - 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
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| 4 | 1624 | - 1624—1624: Monopoly Act in England: patents protected
- 1624—1624: Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
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| 5 | 1625 | - 1625—1625: The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
- 27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
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