Isaac Newton "Timeline"

Birthdate Of Isaac Newton

Dec 25, 1642

Born December 25 in Woolsthorpe, north of London.

Newton appointed Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Trinity, a position he will hold for the next thirty-four years.

Oct 11, 1669

Newton works on the mathematics of gravitation in his home in Cambridge.

Oct 11, 1670

Newton presents first book of the Principia to Royal Society.

Apr 11, 1686

Laws Of Motion

Oct 13, 1687

An object will remain at rest or moving in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
When force is applied to an object, it will accelerate (Force = mass x acceleration).
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Created Laws of Gravitation

Oct 14, 1687

Published Newton's Law of Gravitation.

Death of Hooke; Newton elected President of the Royal Society.

Oct 11, 1703

Second edition of the Principia published.

Oct 11, 1713

Death of Issac

Mar 20, 1727

Issac Newton Today:

Oct 14, 2013

Because of his knowledge now we know things about space and gravity that gave us the opportunity to go into space. Also, in school we are taught the laws that he created and we learn about the spectrum of colors that he figured out. Also he figured out that the moon orbits the Earth.