Isaac Newton

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  • Isaac Newton is born.

    He was born in Woolsthorpe prematurely and posthumously. His survival was in question for some time.
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    Isaac Newton's Lifespan

  • Isaac Newton is baptzed

  • Isaac attends grammar school.

    Isaac Newton, now 12, attends grammar school at nearby Grantham

  • Newton goes to college

    Isaac Newton enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge

  • Newton is elected scholar

  • Newton takes his bachelor degree

  • Newton leaves Cambridge

    Newton left Cambridge and temporarily moved back to Woolsthorpe due to the plague. He continues working on his Anni Mirabliles. His work in Woolsthorpe over the next 18 months is legendary.

  • Newton is elected Minor Fellow

    Isaac Newton is elected Minor Fellow of the Trinity College. He also writes Enumeratio curvarum

  • Newton is elected Major Fellow

    Isaac Newton is elected Major Fellow of Trinity College

  • Newton is granted his Master's Degree

  • Newton writes De methodis

  • Newton sends his telescope to the Royal Society

    Isaac Newton sends his reflecting (Newtonian) telscope to the Royal Society

  • Newton is allowed into the Royal Society

    Isaac Newton is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London

  • Newton writes his letter on Light and Optics.

    Isaac Newton sent his letter on light and optics to Henry Oldenburg, who then has the letter read at the Royal Society. Newton's theories are harshly criticized by senior scientist, Robert Hooke.

  • Newton begins debate with Robert Hooke

    The first of a series of letters between Newton and Hooke regarding the problem of plantary motion is sent.

  • Newton writes Geometria curvilinea

    Newton observes the comet of 1680-1681 and then writes Geometria curvilinea

  • Newton observes Halley's comet

  • Royal Society pulishes Newton's Principia

  • Newton meets John Locke

    Isaac Netwon meets John Locke, the famous philospher, for the very first time. Locke would become one of Newton's closest friends.

  • Newton writes Tabula refractionum

  • Newton is appointed Warden of the Mint

    Isaac Newton is offered the position of Warden of the Mint by Charles Montagu, and accepts.

  • Newton solves the "Lions Paw" problem

    Newton recieves and solves the famous Lion's paw problem. His solution is presented to the Royal Society.

  • Newton is elected Foreign Associate

    Newton is elected Foreign Associate of the Académie des sciences (Paris).

  • Newton is elected to the Council of the Royal Society

  • Newton is promoted to Master of the Mint

  • Newton is elected to Parliament by the Cambridge Senate

  • Newton publishes Lunae theoria.

  • Newton is appointed Presdident of the Royal Society

  • Newton is Knighted

    Newton is knighted by Queen Anna and is atferwards known as Sir Isaac Newton.

  • Newton publishes Arithmetica universalis

  • Newton publishes Analysis per quantitatum.

  • Newton publishes Commercium epistolicum

  • The death of Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton dies at Kensington between 1:00 and 2:00 A.M.

  • Newton's body is buried

    Newton's body is buried at Westminster Abbey

  • Newton's monument at Westminster Abbey is unveiled