March 31, 1716 |
Gottfried Leibniz wrote (AB 323) to Leeuwenhoek about membranes, multiple births, and reproduction |
April 3, 1716 |
Leibniz wrote to Bourguet in defense of Leeuwenhoek, "to whom the public owes thanks. ... It is not right to despise him." |
May 10, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXI of 1716-05-10 (AB 324) to Hubert Kornelis Poot |
May 16, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXII of 1716-05-16 (AB 325) to Gerard van Loon |
May 19, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXIII of 1716-05-19 (AB 326) to Gottfried Leibniz |
May 22, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXIV of 1716-05-22 (AB 327) to Cornelis Spiering |
June 3, 1716 |
Received medal from faculty at Louvain |
June 12, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXV of 1716-06-12 (AB 324) to Antony Cinck |
June 22, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXVI of 1716-06-22 (AB 325) to Jan Gerard Kerkherdere |
June 25, 1716 |
Witnessed baptism of great-niece Barbera, who died two weeks later |
September 1, 1716 |
Visited by Hermaan Boerhaave, Frederik Ruysch, and Abraham van Bleiswijk |
September 17, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXVII of 1716-09-17 (AB 326) to Abraham Cornelis van Bleyswyck |
September 28, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXVIII of 1716-09-28 (AB 327) to Herman Boerhaave |
October 1, 1716 |
Visited again by Joachim Georg Reinerding |
October 10, 1716 |
Herman Boerhaave wrote to Leeuwenhoek in response to his letter about coconuts |
November 5, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXIX of 1716-11-05 (AB 328) to Herman Boerhaave |
November 17, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXX of 1716-11-17 (AB 329) to Gottfried Leibniz |
November 21, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XXXI of 1716-11-21 (AB 330) to Herman Boerhaave |
January 12, 1717 |
niece Maria Jans de Molijn's widowed husband Cornelis Haaxman's estate inventoried |
January 16, 1717 |
cousin Maria Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried |
March 2, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXII of 1717-03-02 (AB 331) to Abraham Cornelis van Bleyswyck |
March 6, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXIV of 1717-03-06 (AB 333) to Members of the Royal Society |
March 6, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXIII of 1717-03-06 (AB 332) to Members of the Royal Society |
May 6, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXV of 1717-05-06 (AB 334) to Ewout van Bleiswijk |
May 26, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXVI of 1717-05-26 (AB 335) to Abraham Cornelis van Bleyswyck |
June 8, 1717 |
Named as neighbor in the inventory of Pieter van der Wilt's property |
June 15, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXVII of 1717-06-15 (AB 336) to Members of the Royal Society |
July 6, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXVIII of 1717-07-06 (AB 337) to Antony Cinck |
July 13, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XXXIX of 1717-07-13 (AB 338) to Jan Gerard Kerkherdere |
August 1, 1717 |
Adriaan Swalmius wrote to Leeuwenhoek about egg shells |
August 18, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XL of 1717-08-19 (AB 339) to Adriaan Johannes Swalmius |
August 26, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLI of 1717-08-26 (AB 340) to Herman Boerhaave |
September 10, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLII of 1717-09-10 (AB 341) to Frederik Adriaan van Reede van Renswoude |
September 17, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLIII of 1717-09-17 (AB 342) to Members of the Royal Society |
October 8, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLIV of 1717-10-08 (AB 343) to Members of the Royal Society |
October 22, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLV of 1717-10-22 (AB 344) to Members of the Royal Society |
November 20, 1717 |
Wrote Letter XLVI of 1717-11-20 (AB 345) to Members of the Royal Society |
December 15, 1717 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
December 23, 1717 |
Named again as neighbor in the disposition of Pieter van der Wilt's estate |
January 1, 1718 |
Published Send-Brieven (Epistles), Letters I - XLVI |
April 1, 1718 |
cousin Pieter Maartens Leeuwenhoek married Kniertje van der Doe |
April 19, 1718 |
nephew Adriaan Johannes Swalmius married Elisabet van Heering |
December 6, 1718 |
Named again as a neighbor in final sale of Pieter van der Wilt's property |
December 30, 1718 |
Delft's mayors decided that the kamerbewaarder would no longer receive 300 g after the death of Leeuwenhoek |
January 1, 1719 |
Published Epistolae ad Societatem (Letters to the Society), Letters 108 - 146 |
January 1, 1719 |
Published Epistolae Physiologicae (Physiological Letters), Letters I - XLVI |
January 23, 1719 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
June 26, 1719 |
Made will with daughter Maria |
January 9, 1720 |
Wrote letter of 1720-01-09 (AB 354) to members of the Royal Society about muscle fibres and membranes of a cow, mites on the flesh of a whale, and the nerves around the muscle fibres and tendons of a cow |
April 8, 1720 |
cousin Magdaleentje (Helena) Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried |
April 29, 1720 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
April 29, 1720 |
Rented the farm in den Bommel to Johannes Braber |
August 3, 1720 |
Anthonie Heinsius died |
November 20, 1720 |
Wrote letter of 1720-11-20 (AB 355) to members of the Royal Society about the bone membrane and the canals in bone, the cell layers and blood vessels in the bone membrane and bone from the rib of a cow |
December 30, 1720 |
cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck buried |
January 15, 1721 |
Wrote letter of 1721-01-15 (AB 356) to members of the Royal Society about the stomata of the leaves of boxwood, the number of them, and the down on the skin of a peach and a quince |
January 24, 1721 |
Wrote letter of 1721-01-24 (AB 357) to members of the Royal Society about vessels in wood from Ambon (Indonesia), oakwood, and pinewood, the muscle fibres of a cow, a whale, and a mouse, and the structure of a red blood cell |
April 11, 1721 |
Wrote letter of 1721-04-11 (AB 358) to members of the Royal Society about how flesh fibers are nourished by the blood vessels, this time in fish |
May 1, 1721 |
At age 88, his 100th publication in Philosophical Transactions |
June 27, 1721 |
Wrote letter of 1721-06-27 (AB 359) to members of the Royal Society about finally discovering the little holes in the membranes of beans and peas and about the little vessels in seed membranes |
November 17, 1721 |
Made will with daughter Maria |
November 26, 1721 |
Amended will of November 17 |
November 30, 1721 |
Presented will of November 17 to notary Jan de Bries |
December 19, 1721 |
grand-nephew Jan Cornelis Haaxman buried |
January 1, 1722 |
Published Arcana Naturae Detecta (Nature's Mysteries Disclosed), Letters 32, 33, 37, 39 - 41, 61 - 92 (2nd) |
January 1, 1722 |
Published Continuatio Arcanorum Naturae detectorum (Continuation of Nature's Mysteries Disclosed), Letters 93 - 107 (2nd) |
January 1, 1722 |
Published Opera Omnia, seu Arcana Naturae Microscopiorum (The Works, or Nature's Microscopical Mysteries), 25 Letters from 28 - 60 (4th) |
February 22, 1722 |
James Jurin wrote to Leeuwenhoek summarizing and praising his life's work (AB 360) |
April 21, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-04-21 (AB 361) to members of the Royal Society about the muscular fibres of different animals and whether iron becomes magnetic over time |
May 1, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-05-01 (AB 362) to members of the Royal Society about the structure of fat particles in sheep, lamb, flatfish, and perch |
May 1, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-05-01 (AB 363) to James Jurin, a cover letter asking for support for his observations of hermaphroditic animals |
May 15, 1722 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
May 15, 1722 |
James Jurin wrote (AB 364) to Leeuwenhoek asking him to send Latin translations of his letters |
June 13, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-06-13 (AB 365) to members of the Royal Society about the reproductive organs of a ewe and a fetus from it |
June 13, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-06-13 (AB 366) to James Jurin, a cover letter expressing doubts that inoculations protect against smallpox |
July 7, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-07-07 (AB 368) to James Jurin, a cover letter about his determination that no microorganisms are to be found in the pustules of those with smallpox |
July 7, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-07-07 (AB 367) to the members of the Royal Society about calluses on human skin |
July 13, 1722 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
November 20, 1722 |
Wrote letter of 1722-11-20 (AB 369) to James Jurin about the miscroscopic structure of diamonds and rock crystal |
December 24, 1722 |
James Jurin wrote (AB 370) to Leeuwenhoek about how to measure his microscopic observations |
January 15, 1723 |
Wrote letter of 1723-02-15 (AB 371) to members of the Royal Society about the exhaling vessels of boxwood leaves |
March 19, 1723 |
Wrote letter of 1723-03-19 (AB 372) to members of the Royal Society about blood, the size of blood globules, the state of his health, and the role of the ovary in reproduction |
May 31, 1723 |
Wrote letter of 1723-05-31 (AB 373) to members of the Royal Society about the structure and texture of the diaphragm, the source of his most severe ailment |
June 25, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote (AB 374) to Leeuwenhoek about blood globules and generation |
July 15, 1723 |
Visited by Matthew Raper |
August 1, 1723 |
Wrote letter of 1723-08-00 (AB 376) to James Jurin about his spermist view of the generation of animals and palpitations of his diaphragm |
August 1, 1723 |
Wrote letter of 1723-08-00 (AB 375) to James Jurin about the similarities between globules in blood and in the lees of wine to argue against Jurin’s hope to discover how blood globules are made |
August 25, 1723 |
Requested on his deathbed that Hoogvliet translate his final two letters into Latin |
August 26, 1723 |
Died in his Hippolytusbuurt home, 90 years old |
August 27, 1723 |
Delft newspaper published notice of Leeuwenhoek's death |
August 30, 1723 |
pastor Petrus Gribius wrote to James Jurin of the Royal Society announcing Leeuwenhoek's death (AB 377) |
August 31, 1723 |
Buried in Oude Kerk |
September 4, 1723 |
Replaced as wine gauger by Lambert the Greek |
September 4, 1723 |
Johannes Hoogvliet wrote a note to James Jurin accompanying his Latin translation of Leeuwenhoek's last two letters (AB 378) |
October 1, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Peter Gribius about Leeuwenhoek's death (AB 379) |
October 4, 1723 |
pastor Petrus Gribius wrote to James Jurin of the Royal Society about Leeuwenhoek's methods (AB 380) |
October 4, 1723 |
daughter Maria wrote cover letter when she sent the cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses to the Royal Society (AB 381) |
November 2, 1723 |
translator John Chamberlayne died |
November 7, 1723 |
Abraham Edens presented cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses to the Royal Society; Isaac Newton wrote a receipt |
November 18, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Maria van Leeuwenhoek thanking her for sending the cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses |
November 18, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Arnoud van den Berch about the cabinet of microscopes |
December 17, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Peter Gribius in thanks for the cabinet full of "precious treasures" |
January 1, 1724 |
Martin Folkes's article about Leeuwenhoek's cabinet of microscopes published in Philosophical Transactions |
June 2, 1724 |
James Jurin wrote to Maria van Leeuwenhoek presenting her with two volumes of Philosophical Transactions and a silver bowl |
June 2, 1724 |
James Jurin wrote to Arnoud van den Berch about delivering the Royal Society's gifts to Maria van Leeuwenhoek |
January 1, 1729 |
Reinier Boitet's Beschryving der Stadt Delft published; first biography of Leeuwenhoek |
April 16, 1729 |
nephew Anthonij Jans de Molijn buried |
January 1, 1730 |
Published Continuatio Epistolarum (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53-60 (4th) |
February 21, 1730 |
cousin Adriaen Lambrechts Leeuwenhoek, the notary, had his license suspended by the Heren van de Weth |
August 7, 1732 |
daughter Maria added codicil to 1721 will |
September 23, 1733 |
Maria assessed for property tax on the Gulden Hoofd |
November 14, 1739 |
daughter Maria funded the Oude Kerk memorial for her father |
June 24, 1741 |
daughter Maria made a will providing for the graves |
May 20, 1744 |
daughter Maria made her final will |
April 25, 1745 |
daughter Maria died |
April 30, 1745 |
daughter Maria buried |
June 26, 1745 |
daughter Maria's estate inventoried |
August 23, 1745 |
house on Hippolytusbuurt, het Gulden Hoofd, offered for sale |
August 25, 1745 |
house on Hippolytusbuurt, het Gulden Hoofd, sold to great-nephew Dirk Haaxman |
September 25, 1745 |
daughter Maria's 1744 act of guardianship presented to Weeskamer |
September 15, 1746 |
daughter Maria's estate distributed to her heirs |
March 6, 1747 |
Auction of Leeuwenhoek's microscopes announced in Leydse Courant |
May 22, 1747 |
Auction of Leeuwenhoek's microcopes announced in cities throughout Europe |
May 23, 1747 |
Andries Voorstad auctioned the books and instruments of a "Liefhebber" |
May 29, 1747 |
Leeuwenhoek's magnifying glasses auctioned |
September 26, 1748 |
Margareta Cornelia Hobus died childless |
August 19, 1749 |
Executors of daughter Maria's estate advertised for heirs |
August 14, 1755 |
niece Margareta Cornelia Hobus's estate |
December 1, 1755 |
Josina van der Sprenkel sold the house on the Oosteinde that daughter Maria had bequeathed her |
October 28, 1757 |
Executors of daughter Maria's estate declared that it cannot be distributed |
October 17, 1763 |
niece Maria's granddaughter Maria Jans Haaxman divorced from Steven Bolland |
December 14, 1765 |
great-nephew Dirk Haaxman sold the Gulden Hoofd |
September 23, 1776 |
daughter Maria, final accounting of her estate |