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Sir Issac Newton is born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
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The Great Plague causes Cambridge to close which makes Newton go on his private study.
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1665-1667 During Newton's private study, an apple fell straight down from a tree inspired him to figure out gravity.
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Designing and constructing a reflecting telescope was the first major public scientific achievement made by Newton. This telescope helped him study optics and back up his theories of light and color.
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The Royal Society asked Newton for a demonstration of his telescope. After this demonstration, they encouraged him to publish his notes about light, optics, and color.
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When Newton published the book Opticks, people challenged his ideas about optics. Among these people is Robert Hooke who challenged Newton's idea about how light was composed of particles and Hooke's idea is that light is made of waves. This started a 8-9 year long rivalry.
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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica or Principia is published by Newton about physics and the three law of motions.
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After Principia, Newton got more into politics later is life and got acquainted with Enlightenment Thinkers like John Locke and him these thinkers beliefs.
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Newton is elected president of the Royal Society and this gets him in lots of conflicts between other scientists and controls over younger scientists.
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Newton passes away in Kensington, London, United Kingdom in his sleep. Cause of death is theorized to be
