Math Throughout the Years By Vanessa Mantione Feb 15, 1564 Birth of Galileo Jan 1, 1637 Cartesian Coordinate Plane Invented by René Descartes Dec 25, 1642 Birth of Isaac Newton Isaac Newton's Bio Nov 11, 1675 Leibniz invents Calculus Jul 5, 1687 Newton's Principia was first published Jan 25, 1736 Joseph-Louis Lagrange was born Dec 26, 1791 Charles Babbage was born Mar 4, 1876 Decimal Point was invented Mar 14, 1879 Albert Einstein's Birthday Dec 28, 1903 Birth of John von Neumann