Significant Events in the Life of Isaac Newton
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
April 1, 1991
1642: Born December 25 in Woolsthorpe, north of London 1655: Attends Grantham Grammar School 1661: Enters Trinity College, Cambridge 1665: January—graduates Bachelor of Arts; August moves back home because of the plague 1666: Develops binomial theorem; invents the calculus; postulates a gravitational force holding the moon in its orbit; and proves that white light is a mixture of light of all colors 1667: Returns to Cambridge; elected fellow of Trinity College 1669: Elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1672: Elected fellow of the Royal Society 1684: Edmund Halley’s visit leads to writing of the Principia 1687: Publication of Principia Mathematica 1689: Elected Member of Parliament 1693: Experiences mental breakdown 1696: Moves to London as Warden of the Mint 1700: Appointed Master of the Mint 1703: Elected president of the Royal Society 1704: Publication of Opticks 1705: Knighted by the Queen 1727: Dies March 20; buried in Westminster Abbey
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