When is Isaac Newton's birthday?

Isaac Newton's birthday is December 25. He was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe Manor, United Kingdom.

How old was Isaac Newton when he died?

Isaac Newton died on March 20, 1727, aged 84.

Who shares a birthday with Isaac Newton?

Famous people who share Isaac Newton's December 25 birthday include Justin Trudeau, Anwar Sadat, Humphrey Bogart, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Pius VI.

Science · Philosophy · 1642–1727

Isaac Newton — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 25 December 1642 · Died: 20 March 1727 · Age: 84

English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, and co-invented calculus

Did you know?He spent many years serving as the Master of the Royal Mint, where he helped to hunt down counterfeiters in London.

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Date of birth25 December 1642
Date of death20 March 1727
Age at death84
NationalityEnglish
BirthplaceWoolsthorpe Manor, United Kingdom
Occupationmathematician, philosopher, physicist

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Isaac Newton did something few people in history can claim: he gave humanity a single set of rules that explained both a falling apple and the orbit of the Moon. His laws of motion and universal gravitation turned the heavens from a mystery into a machine that could be calculated. Along the way he invented much of calculus, split white light into a rainbow with a prism and built the first practical reflecting telescope. He was also secretive, quarrelsome and deeply absorbed in alchemy and biblical prophecy, a reminder that great science can live inside a complicated mind. For more than two centuries, until Einstein, the universe essentially ran on Newton's terms.

Key Milestones

1661: Enters Trinity College, Cambridge
1666: Works on gravity, optics and calculus during the plague years
1668: Builds the first reflecting telescope
1687: Publishes the Principia
1703: Becomes President of the Royal Society
1705: Knighted by Queen Anne

Sir Isaac Newton (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, historian and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.

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“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

— Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 1675

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Isaac Newton: Father of Modern Physics

English mathematician and physicist, born 1642

Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe Manor on 25 December 1642.

He set out the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

He published the Principia in 1687.

He died in London on 20 March 1727.

Career highlights

1665Plague years: breakthroughs at home
1668Reflecting telescope: built
1687Principia: published
1699Royal Mint: Master
1703Royal Society: president

Did you know?He was also Master of the Royal Mint and hunted counterfeiters.

Age at death: 84
Years since death: 299

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Father: Isaac Newton Sr.
Mother: Hannah Ayscough

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When is Isaac Newton's birthday?: Isaac Newton's birthday is December 25. He was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe Manor, United Kingdom.
How old was Isaac Newton when he died?: Isaac Newton died on March 20, 1727, aged 84.
Who shares a birthday with Isaac Newton?: Famous people who share Isaac Newton's December 25 birthday include Justin Trudeau, Anwar Sadat, Humphrey Bogart, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Pius VI.

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