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The birth of Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe to parents Isaac Newton and Hannah Ayscough. His father was described as wild, extravagant. and a weak man. He died three months before Isaac was born. His mother was an uneducated and illiertate women. This event is significant because Isaac Newton would go on to become one of the worlds best scientist. -
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Isaac Newton
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Newton attends Trinity College
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Newton describes his reflecting telescope to the Royal Society
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Newton is elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
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Newton is elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London
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Newton severs exchange with Robert Hooke
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Newton is elected Foreign Associate of the Academie des Sciences (Paris)
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Newton is elected President of the Royal Society
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Newton publishes Commercium epistolicum
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The death of Isaac Newton