Isaac Newton's Life

Isaac Newton's Life

Period: Dec 25, 1642 to Mar 20, 1727

Enrolls in Trinity Cambridge

Feb 18, 1660

Newton Recieves his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College Cambridge

Jun 1, 1665

Moves to his Mother's house do to the Outbreak in plague

Feb 28, 1666

While there he conducts prism experiments, discovers spectrum of light; works out his system of fluxions, precursor of modern calculus; begins to consider the idea of gravity.

Newton appointed Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Trinity,

Feb 28, 1669

He held this position for 34 years

Worked on the calculations of Gravitation

Period: Feb 28, 1670 to Feb 28, 1680

Newton was elected to the Royal Society

Jan 11, 1672

Finishes his Calculations on Gravity

Nov 28, 1684

Halley urges him to publish it

Newton elected as Cambridge's representative to Parliament.

Feb 28, 1689

Newton's Black Year

Sep 28, 1693

He is plagued by depression and insomnia, and apparently suffers a nervous breakdown.

Newton appointed warden of the Mint, to oversee the implementation of a new currency.

Feb 28, 1695

He leaves Cambridge and moves to London.

Named master of the Mint

Feb 28, 1699

Newton was elected President of Royal Society

Feb 28, 1703

Publication of Opticks

Feb 28, 1704

Nighted by Queen Anne

Feb 28, 1705

Royal Society commission, under Newton's direction, investigates the competing claims of Leibniz

Feb 28, 1712

Newton having developed calculus, and decides in favor of Newton

Second edition of the Pricipia

Feb 28, 1713

Third edition of the Principia published

Feb 28, 1726

Death of Isaac Newton

Mar 20, 1727