Robert Boyle

  • Birth

    Birth

    Robert Boyle is born at Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
  • Taj Mahal Construction Begins

    Taj Mahal Construction Begins

  • Eton College

    Eton College

    Boyle begins his education at Eton College
  • Grand Tour

    Grand Tour

    Boyle starts his tour of the continent with his tutor, Isaac Marcombes. He traveled to many cities, such as Geneva
  • English Civil War Begins

    English Civil War Begins

  • Ming Dynasty Ends

    Ming Dynasty Ends

  • Oxford

    Oxford

    Boyle moves to Oxford and begins his research
  • Louis XIV begins Absolute Rule in France

    Louis XIV begins Absolute Rule in France

  • Boyle's Law

    Boyle's Law

    Boyle's Law is published in second edition of New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects
  • Isaac Newton Experiments with Gravity

    Isaac Newton Experiments with Gravity

  • Death

    Death

    Boyle dies at his residence in London