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Birth of Isaac newton
saac Newton was born 25 December 1642, at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. He was born to Hannah Ayscough three months after the death of his father, a prosperous farmer also named Isaac Newton. -
education
In June 1661, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge as a sizar – a sort of work-study role. At that time, the college's teachings were based on those of Aristotle, whom Newton supplemented with modern philosophers, such as Descartes, and astronomers such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. In 1665, he discovered the generalised binomial theorem and began to develop a mathematical theory that later became infinitesimal calculus. -
Binomial Theorem
He discovered the generalized binomial theorem and began to develop a mathematical theory that later became calculus. -
Newton focuses on the subject of gravity
t is supposed that it was at Woolsthorpe in the summer of 1666 that Newton's thoughts were directed to the subject of gravity. They are said to be inspired by Newton's seeing an apple fall from a tree on his mothers farm, a version for which there is reasonable historical evidence (see . In one version of the story, the apple is supposed to have fallen on Newton's head; -
Newton invents calculus
Not exactly, but Newton developed a system that would later lead to the discovery and advance of calculus, which he presented in a manuscript. Newton's work has been said "to distinctly advance every branch of mathematics then studied".Not exactly, but Newton developed a system that would later lead to the discovery and advance of calculus, which he presented in a manuscript. Newton's work has been said "to distinctly advance every branch of mathematics then studied". -
Newton produces his first reflecting telescope
Newton describes his reflecting telescope in a letter to Henry Oldenburg the first Secretary of the Royal Society in London. On his second visit to London he meets John Collins who was to give great support to his mathematical goals. -
Returns to his Studies
Newton returned to his work on celestial mechanics, such as gravitation and its effect on the orbits of planets, with reference to Kepler's laws of planetary motion. -
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
It lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics. Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. He showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws, by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation. -
Newton appointed Master of the Mint.
Master of the Mint was an important office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain, between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Master was the highest officer in the Royal Mint. -
Member of Parliament
He is elected as a Member of Parliament by the Cambridge Senate and resigns his chair as Lucasian Professor of mathematics. -
Knighted
He was knighted by Queen Anne in Cambridge during a visit to Trinity College, Cambridge. The knighthood is likely to have been motivated by political considerations connected with the Parliamentary election in May 1705, rather than any recognition of Newton's scientific work or services as Master of the Mint. Newton was a member of the British Parliament from 1689 to 1690 and in 1701. -
Isaac Newton dies
Newton died in his sleep in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Newton, a bachelor, divided much of his estate to relatives during his last years, and died intestate. After his death, Newton's hair was examined and found to contain mercury, probably resulting from his alchemical pursuits. Mercury poisoning could explain Newton's eccentricity in late life.
