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Friday, September 25, 2020

Basic timeline of Leonhard Euler

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This post is a basic timeline of mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). There are 10 events listed below alphabetically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1707: Born in Basel, Switzerland
• 1707: Moved to Riehen, Switzerland
• 1720: Enrolled at the University of Basel
• 1727: Began teaching at Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg
• 1741: Began teaching at Berlin Academy
• 1748: Publishes Introductio in analysin infinitorum
• 1755: Publishes Institutiones calculi differentialis
• 1760: Became tutor of Friederike Charlotte (Princess of Anhalt-Dessau)
• 1766: Returned to Imperial Russian Academy
• 1783: Died at age 76 in Saint Petersburg, Russia