Newton's Principia
Laws of motion and gravity lay the base of classical physics
Isaac Newton published the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, setting out his three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. One mechanics for heaven and Earth became the foundation of classical physics.
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In the year St Petersburg was founded (1703), Newton became President of the Royal Society. He outlived Peter the Great by two years.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — 5 years earlier
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — 16 years later
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — 22 years later
Africa
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — 25 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Louis XIV (aged 49)
- Isaac Newton (aged 44)
- Kangxi Emperor (aged 33)
- Peter the Great (aged 15)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 2)
- Aurangzeb (aged 69)
- Leopold I (aged 47)
- Matsuo Bashō (aged 43)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (aged 41)
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (aged 41)