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What happened in 1665?

2 moments from 1665 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.

1665–66 · from Newton publishes the Principia
Newton's early work on gravity
1665 · from The 1660s: fire, plague and Newton's great years
Great Plague of London

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