Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English mathematician and physicist widely regarded as the single most important figure in the Scientific Revolution for his three laws of motion and universal law of gravity. Newton's laws became a fundamental foundation of physics, while his discovery that white light is made up of a rainbow of colours revolutionised the field of optics.
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1642 - 1727Life of the scientist Isaac Newton.
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25 Dec 1642Isaac Newton is born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
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1665 - 1666Isaac Newton's 'year of wonder' when he makes many new scientific discoveries.
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Apr 1665Isaac Newton graduates from Trinity College, Cambridge.
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1666 - 1668Isaac Newton conducts optical experiments leading to the discovery that white light is composed of a spectrum of coloured light.
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1668Isaac Newton designs and builds a reflective telescope, the first of its kind, for the Royal Society in England.
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1687Isaac Newton publishes his laws of motion and universal law of gravity in Principia.
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1687Isaac Newton is made a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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1687Laws of motion developed by Isaac Newton.
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1693Isaac Newton suffers a nervous breakdown.
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1696Isaac Newton is appointed the warden of the royal mint in the Tower of London.
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1699Isaac Newton is made mint master at the royal mint in the Tower of London.
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1699Isaac Newton is appointed a member of the French Royal Academy of Sciences.
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1703 - 1727Isaac Newton serves as President of the Royal Society in England.
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1704Isaac Newton publishes his discoveries on light in his Optics.
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1705Isaac Newton is knighted by Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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20 Mar 1727Isaac Newton dies of kidney failure.
