April 8, 1720 |
cousin Magdaleentje (Helena) Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried |
April 29, 1720 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
August 3, 1720 |
Anthonie Heinsius died |
December 30, 1720 |
cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck buried |
May 1, 1721 |
At age 88, his 100th publication in Philosophical Transactions |
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 |
May 15, 1722 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
May 15, 1722 |
James Jurin wrote to Leeuwenhoek asking him to send Latin translations of his letters |
July 13, 1722 |
Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties |
December 24, 1722 |
James Jurin wrote to Leeuwenhoek about how to measure his microscopic observations |
June 25, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Leeuwenhoek about blood globules and generation |
July 15, 1723 |
Visited by Matthew Raper |
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 |
August 31, 1723 |
Buried in Oude Kerk |
September 4, 1723 |
Replaced as wine gauger by Lambert the Greek |
October 1, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Peter Gribius about Leeuwenhoek's death |
October 4, 1723 |
pastor Petrus Gribius wrote to James Jurin of the Royal Society about Leeuwenhoek's methods |
October 4, 1723 |
daughter Maria sent cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses to the Royal Society |
November 2, 1723 |
translator John Chamberlayne died |
November 7, 1723 |
Abraham Eden 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 box of microscopes |
December 17, 1723 |
James Jurin wrote to Peter Gribius in thanks for the cabinet full of "precious treasures" |