Instead, the Earth’s orbit is 365 days and a bit. The reason the interval became necessary is that the Earth, inconveniently, does not orbit the sun in an exact number of days.
So the festival of Newton could begin on Christmas Day and then continue for an extra 10 days, representing the interval between Properly continues for a further 12 days, until the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 4 is the better date to observe Newton’s Birthday, I think we should embrace the discrepancy and have an extended festival. In general use today) according to this calendar, Newton was born on Jan. But by the 1640s, much of the rest of Europe was using the Gregorian calendar (the one Newton wasīorn in England on Christmas Day 1642 according to the Julian calendar - the calendar in use in England at the time. It turns out that the date of Newton’s birthday is a little contentious. (This is a little anachronistic - Christmas trees didn’t come toĮngland until later - but I don’t think we should let that get in the way.)Īll very jolly - but then, ’tis the season. Newton’s Birthday cards could feature the great man discovering gravity by watching a Christmas decoration fall from a tree. (His insight came after pondering why they always fall down, rather than upwards or sideways.) Think of the merchandise! Newton is said to have discovered the phenomenon of gravity by watching apples fall in an orchard. Sir Isaac Newton in an engraving from 1760 by James McArdell.
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