Chikamatsu Monzaemon vs Isaac Newton
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Compare the life timelines of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725) and Isaac Newton (1643–1727) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1653 to 1725.
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725)
- — Born into a samurai family in Echizen Province Verified
- — Moved with his family to Kyoto Verified
- — Began writing plays for the jōruri puppet theatre Verified
- — Began his collaboration with the chanter Takemoto Gidayū Verified
- — Wrote kabuki plays for the actor Sakata Tōjūrō I Verified
- — Premiere of The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Verified
- — Settled in Osaka as staff playwright of the Takemoto-za Verified
- — Premiere of The Battles of Coxinga Verified
- — Premiere of The Love Suicides at Amijima Verified
- — Died in Osaka at about age 72 Verified
Isaac Newton (1643–1727)
- — Born in Woolsthorpe, England Verified
- — Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
- — Published Principia Mathematica Verified
- — Became Warden, then Master, of the Royal Mint
- — Elected President of the Royal Society
- — Died in Kensington, London Verified