1684
Halley Visit to Newton
Asks Newton what orbit follows from inverse-square attraction, prompting work leading to Principia.
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Browse historical records dated to 1684. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Asks Newton what orbit follows from inverse-square attraction, prompting work leading to Principia.
Annes 1st pregnancy ends in a miscarriage
Birth of Allen Bathurst
Birth of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
Monmouth is defeated in battle & his claims to the throne come to an end
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