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Isaac Newton was born.
Isaac Newton is born at Woolsthorpe prematurely and his survival was in question for some time. -
Newton attends Grammar School at nearby Grantham, age 12.
This was the beginning of his education. -
Isaac went to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Going to college helped advance his education further. -
Isaac got his Bachelor’s degree.
After he got his Bachelor’s degree he could not study for a while because of the Plague. -
Newton mentions Calculus in a manuscript.
Isaac Newton is credited for the invention of Calculus. -
Newton becomes a Lucasian Professor of mathematics.
Newton was the most famous Lucasian Professor of mathematics. Newton was best known because of his story of the Falling Apple. -
Newton published “Principia”, his benchmark book on three universal laws of motion.
This forever changed our knowledge on science. Providing the basics for the modern understanding of the universe. -
Isaac became a member of English Parliament; also Newton was appointed as the warden of the Royal Mint.
Newton wanted to prevent counterfeiting of the English money. -
Newton became the President of Royal Society.
Newton conducted a series of experiments on the composition of light, discovering that white light is composed of the same system of colors that can be seen in a rainbow and establishing the modern study of optics for scientists today. -
Newton published his first edition of “Opticks” which was a benchmark journal on spectrum.
Opticks is the behavior of light and how white light contains the colors in a rainbow. -
In April Newton was awarded Knighthood by Queen Anne and he became Sir Isaac Newton.
This was a great thing for Isaac Newton to accomplish and made people respect him and his work. -
Isaac publishes Arithmetica universalis.
The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics is one of the oldest and arguably the most famous academic chair of mathematics in the world. -
Isaac publishes Analysis per quantitatum.
Newton explains his theory about quantitatum. -
Newton publishes Commercium epistolicum.
Newton book helped advance modern day science. -
Isaac Newton’s health begins to fail and 2 days later he dies on March 20th in London.
The world loses one of the greatest scientists.
