October 24, 1632 |
Born on Oosteinde |
November 4, 1632 |
Baptized in Nieuwe Kerk |
January 8, 1638 |
father Philips Thonis Leeuwenhoek buried in Nieuwe Kerk |
December 1, 1640 |
mother Margriete Jacobs van den Berch married Jacob Jans de Molijn |
January 1, 1641 |
Began attending school in Warmond |
January 1, 1646 |
Apprenticed with his uncle in Benthuizen |
January 1, 1648 |
Apprenticed at 16 in Amsterdam to Scottish linen merchant William Davidson |
May 5, 1653 |
Got power of attorney for William Davidson during first Anglo-Dutch war (1652-54) |
July 29, 1654 |
Married Barbara de Meij |
January 1, 1655 |
Paid his entry fee to the Sint Nicolaas Gilde |
February 16, 1655 |
Bought the house and shop on the west side of the Hippolytusbuurt |
May 11, 1655 |
Inherited property on Oosteinde from first wife Barbara de Meij's family |
September 24, 1656 |
daughter Maria Thonis Leeuwenhoek (1656-1745) baptized |
September 1, 1658 |
Registered as a member of the Hervormde Gemeente Delft (Reformed Church in Delft) |
December 19, 1659 |
Issued receipts to two nephews for dry goods |
March 26, 1660 |
Appointed official of city magistrate's court |
September 14, 1660 |
Compensated by city for expenses building a loading dock in front of his house |
December 30, 1661 |
Received a raise from the mayors for his duties with the magistrates' court |
January 13, 1662 |
aunt Annetje Jacobs van den Berch died, leaving money to Antony |
October 23, 1662 |
Made will in which he and wife Barbara named each other universal heirs |
June 25, 1664 |
Bought a garden outside the walls of the city |
September 29, 1664 |
Owed for store goods by the estate of Elizabeth Cornelis |
November 25, 1664 |
Received a legacy from the estate of great-aunt Aaltge Sebastiaans van den Berch |
July 31, 1665 |
Appointed guardian of second cousin Maria van Halmael |
July 14, 1666 |
wife Barbara de Meij buried in Oude Kerk |
October 10, 1666 |
Appointed district supervisor (wijkmeester generaal) |
March 11, 1667 |
Presented will after wife Barbara's death |
May 18, 1667 |
Appointed curator of estate of Simon de Bourbon |
January 1, 1668 |
Traveled to England |
November 14, 1668 |
Delivered to the Weescamer his first accounting as curator over the person and assets of Sijmon Bourbon |
February 4, 1669 |
Certified as a surveyor after passing the oral examination |
August 30, 1670 |
Signed a will as clerk and witness for notary Joris van der Houve |
September 2, 1670 |
Appointed co-wine gauger to help Dirk Arisz. |
November 28, 1670 |
Delivered to the Weescamer his second accounting as curator over the person and assets of Sijmon Bourbon |
December 2, 1670 |
Signed a will as clerk and witness for notary Paul Durven |
January 8, 1671 |
Testified to marriage conditions with Cornelia Swalmius |
January 25, 1671 |
Married Cornelia Johannes Swalmius |
May 19, 1673 |
At age 40, first letter published in Philosophical Transactions |
October 24, 1673 |
Leeuwenhoek's family members in 1673 |
January 1, 1674 |
Paid the Familiegeld (estate tax) |
August 1, 1674 |
First observed little animals in water |
August 15, 1674 |
Visited by Johannes Swammerdam |
December 31, 1674 |
sister-in-law Catharina Swalmius buried |
September 15, 1675 |
First observed little animals in rain water |
July 1, 1676 |
Visited by Christiaan Huygens during the summer; he saw the little animals in Leeuwenhoek's infusions |
September 30, 1676 |
Appointed curator of estate of Catherine Bolnes, Vermeer's widow |
August 15, 1679 |
Appointed city inspector of imported and exported liquids / wine gauger |
August 25, 1679 |
Called "an unlearned, but ingenious man" by Peter Pels |
September 17, 1679 |
Paid tax on his personal stock of wine |
February 8, 1680 |
Elected a member by the Royal Society |
January 1, 1681 |
Sat for Cornelis de Man's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. 's Gravezande |
January 1, 1684 |
Published Eyerstok (Ovary), Letters 37, 39 (L-122, L-135) |
January 1, 1684 |
Published Humor Cristallinus (Crystalline Humor), Letter 41 (L-147) |
January 1, 1684 |
Published Onsigtbare Geschapene Waarheden (Invisible Creation Truths), Letters 32, 33, 39 (L-108, L-111, L-135) |
January 1, 1684 |
Published Schobbens in de Mond (Scales in the Mouth), Letter 40 (L-144) |
June 15, 1684 |
Visited Christiaan Huygens in Den Haag with the Durven brothers |
January 1, 1685 |
Published Anatomia et Contemplatio (Anatomy and Contemplation), Letters 43, 42, 38 (L-128, L-150, L-152) |
January 1, 1685 |
Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (L-152, L-150, L-128) |
January 1, 1685 |
Published Sout-figuren (Salt figures), Letters 44, 45 (L-154, L-157) |
January 1, 1685 |
Published Zaden van Boomen (Seeds of Trees), Letters 46, 47 (L-160, L-166) |
February 5, 1685 |
Visited by Thomas Molyneux on behalf of the Royal Society |
February 23, 1685 |
At age 52, his 25th article in Philosophical Transactions |
June 22, 1685 |
Visited by John Locke |
August 27, 1685 |
editor Edmond Halley did not publish any letters by Leeuwenhoek in Philosophical Transactions from 1685 to 1693 |
December 1, 1685 |
Visited by De Saingermain, who later called Leeuwenhoek a "Magus" |
January 1, 1686 |
Published Cinnaber Naturalis (Natural Cinnabar), Letters 48 - 52 |
January 1, 1686 |
Published Levende Dierkens (Living Animals), Letters 28 - 31, 34 - 36 |
January 1, 1686 |
Sat for his oil portrait by artist Johannes Verkolje (1650-1693) |
March 12, 1686 |
Thomas Gale wrote Letter L-169 to Leeuwenhoek reviewing his recent "ingenious and curious communications" |
May 25, 1686 |
Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-176 to Leeuwenhoek about a gift from the Royal Society and requesting some portraits |