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His life
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Issac Newton is born...
December 25, 1642: ·Birth of Isaac Newton in Woolsthorpe, England -
Mother moves away....
Hannah Newton remarries and moves away, leaving her son to be raised by an uncle. -
Charles I beheaded...
Charles I beheaded by Cromwell and the Puritans. -
Death of Mums second Husband...
Death of Hannah's second husband; she returns to live with Isaac, bringing three children with her from her second marriage. -
Newton enrolls in the Grantham Grammar School
Newton enrolls in the Grantham Grammar School -
Death of Cromwell.
·Death of Cromwell. -
Charles II crowned King of England...
Charles II crowned King of England, Restoration begins -
Newton enrolls in Trinity College, Cambridge.
Newton enrolls in Trinity College, Cambridge. -
Founding of the Royal Society
Founding of the Royal Society -
Newton receives his bachelor of arts from Trinity College
Newton receives his bachelor of arts from Trinity College -
Fire in Lndon..
Fire in London. Outbreak of plague drives Newton to retire to his mother's home in Woolsthorpe. Newton conducts prism experiments, discovers spectrum of light;begins to consider the idea of gravity. -
Newton appointed Lucasian Chair of Mathematics...
Newton appointed Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Trinity, a position he will hold for the next thirty-four years. -
Newton elected to the Royal Society
Newton elected to the Royal Society -
Newton's paper on optics....
Newton's paper on optics and his prism experiments sent to the Society. Rivalry with Hooke begins. -
Newton works on the mathematics of gravitation...
Newton works on the mathematics of gravitation in his home in Cambridge. -
Hooke writes book...
Hooke writes book in which he suggests existence of "attractive powers," akin to gravity. -
Death of Hannah Newton
Death of Hannah Newton -
Hooke discusses principle of inverse squares...
Hooke discusses principle of inverse squares with Christopher Wren and Halley -
Halley goes to visit Newton in Cambridge...
Halley goes to visit Newton in Cambridge, where they discuss the principle inverse squares and its relationship with planetary orbits. -
Newton completes his calculations on gravity...
Newton completes his calculations on gravity and shares them with Halley, who urges him to publish. -
Newton sends a brief book...
Newton sends a brief book, to the Royal Society, outlining his findings. -
Newton presents the first book of the Principia to the Royal Society.
Newton presents the first book of the Principia to the Royal Society. -
Publication of the complete Principia
Publication of the complete Principia -
Glorious Revolution in England...
Glorious Revolution in England. James II flees to France, William and Mary take the throne. -
Newton elected as Cambridge's representative to Parliament.
Newton elected as Cambridge's representative to Parliament. -
Newton's "Black Year."....
Newton's "Black Year." He is plagued by depression and insomnia, and apparently suffers a nervous breakdown in September. -
Newton appointed warden of the Mint...
Newton appointed warden of the Mint, to oversee the implementation of a new currency. He leaves Cambridge and moves to London. -
Newton named master of the Mint.
Newton named master of the Mint. -
Death of Hooke...
Death of Hooke; Newton elected President of the Royal Society. -
Publication of Opticks...
Publication of Opticks; beginning of feud with Leibniz. -
Newton knighted by Queen Anne.
Newton knighted by Queen Anne. -
Royal Society commission...
Royal Society commission, under Newton's direction, investigates the competing claims of Leibniz and Newton to having developed calculus, and decides in favor of Newton. -
Second edition of the Principia published.
Second edition of the Principia published. -
Death of Leibniz
Death of Leibniz -
Third edition of the Principia published...
Third edition of the Principia published; all reference to Leibniz has been removed. -
Death of Sir Isaac Newton, in London.
Death of Sir Isaac Newton, in London.