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Issac Newton
1704 -- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) publishes the first edition of his Opticks, based on work done during his days a Cambridge, including a series of speculations about nature and natural philosophy under enumerated as "Queries". -
Principles
1705 -- The comet that now bears Edmond Halley's name (which he observed in 1682) is determined by him to have an elongated elliptical orbit, and therefore argued it should submit to Newtonian principles. -
Newton get Knighted
April 16, Newton is Knighted by Queen Anne in Cambridge, thereafter, he is known as Sir Isaac Newton. -
Latin edition of Opticks
1706 -- Publication of the first Latin edition of Newton's Opticks with its Queries -
Historia Coelestis
1712 -- Publication of John Flamsteed's Historia coelestis Britannica, which contains positions for some 3000 stars, more than three times that of Tycho's catalogue. -
William Derham's
1713 -- William Derham's (1657-1735) Physico-theology, and the second revised edition of Newton's Principia (containing an introduction by Roger Cotes) suggest a movement to use the findings of science as evidence for 'Design' and hence as evidence for the 'Designer'. -
Gottfried Wilhelm
1715 -- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz sends objections to Newton's philosophy to the Princess of Wales which sparks controversy between Leibniz and Samuel Clarke, Newton's representative, on the issue of God's relation to a mechanical universe . -
2nd Book
1717 -- Newton publishes second English edition of Opticks with eight queries -
Short Chronlogy
1725 -- May 27 - Newton refuses to grant publication of Short Chronology but publishes it later that year. Newton suffers inflammation of his lungs and moves to Kensington, South London. -
Newton Health
1727 -- March 18 - Newton's health fails, he collapses and borders on death; shortly thereafter, Newton dies at Kensington between 1.00 and 2.00am. On 28 March his body lays in state in Westminster Abbey where he is buried on 4 April.