Isaac Newton Born
December 25, 1642
A premature, sickly baby, small enough to fit in a quart mug, was born on Christmas Day at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, a few months after his father's death. He was not expected to survive. He would live eighty-four years and remake human understanding of the physical universe, leaving behind a legacy that still governs how we calculate the motion of worlds.
In context
Also in 1642 (6 other events on record)
- English Civil War Begins · Europe · War
- Charles I Tries to Arrest Five Members · Europe · Politics
- Galileo Dies at Arcetri · Europe · Science
- Rembrandt Paints The Night Watch · Europe · Culture
- Abel Tasman Sights New Zealand · Oceania · Exploration
- Westminster Assembly Convenes · Europe · Religion
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Science
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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