February 11, 1712 |
Made will; he and daughter Maria universal heirs |
March 1, 1712 |
Wrote letter of 1712-03-01 (AB 292) to Members of the Royal Society |
March 25, 1712 |
microscopist Nehemiah Grew died |
April 12, 1712 |
Wrote letter of 1712-04-12 (AB 293) to Members of the Royal Society |
June 10, 1712 |
Wrote letter of 1712-06-10 (AB 294) to Members of the Royal Society |
August 5, 1712 |
Appointed guardian of ? Leeuwenvelt |
November 8, 1712 |
Wrote letter of 1712-11-08 (AB 295) to Anthonie Heinsius, a cover letter for AB 296 |
November 8, 1712 |
Wrote Letter I of 1712-11-08 (AB 296) to Anthonie Heinsius about the muscle fibres of a whale |
November 28, 1712 |
nephew Adriaan Johannes Swalmius married Agatha Amelia Cocquis |
December 17, 1712 |
Wrote Letter II of 1712-12-17 (AB 297) to Anthonie Heinsius about salts in the blood of a shrimp and the muscle fibres and enveloping membranes of cod, shrimp, flounder, and perch |
January 1, 1713 |
Published Cinnaber Naturalis (Natural Cinnabar), Letters 48 - 52 (2nd) |
February 28, 1713 |
Wrote Letter III of 1713-02-28 (AB 298) to Jan Meerman about wheat and barley grains, beans, peas, and chestnuts, vessels and membranes in coconut rind, and the embryo in an apple pip and in a coconut |
March 14, 1713 |
Wrote Letter IV of 1713-03-14 (AB 299) to Jan Meerman about the eye of a whale, the lens, and the cornea and calculations of the pressure upon a whale's eye at great depth |
March 25, 1713 |
Wrote Letter V of 1713-03-25 (AB 300) to Adriaen van Assendelft |
March 29, 1713 |
Wrote Letter VI of 1713-03-29 (AB 301) to Anthonie Heinsius |
June 28, 1713 |
Wrote Letter VII of 1713-06-28 (AB 302) to Members of the Royal Society |
June 30, 1713 |
Wrote Letter VIII of 1713-06-30 (AB 303) to Anthonie Heinsius |
October 12, 1713 |
Wrote letter of 1713-10-12 (AB 304) to Hans Sloane |
October 13, 1713 |
Hans Sloane wrote to Leeuwenhoek about responses to his recent letters |
October 24, 1713 |
Wrote Letter IX of 1713-10-24 (AB 305) to Antony Cinck |
November 19, 1713 |
nephew Jan Adriaans Swalmius baptized |
December 7, 1713 |
nephew Adriaan Johannes Swalmius admitted as notary |
January 6, 1714 |
cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck appointed church warden, Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk |
January 26, 1714 |
daughter Maria received bequest from Bisschop estate |
March 22, 1714 |
Leibniz wrote to Louis Bourguet: "a fable of extravagant proportions" |
May 9, 1714 |
Visited by Dr. Richard Bradley, professor of botany at Cambridge |
June 22, 1714 |
Wrote Letter X of 1714-06-22 (AB 306) to Members of the Royal Society |
July 8, 1714 |
Richard Waller wrote to Leeuwenhoek about how the Royal Society received his observations |
August 17, 1714 |
Andries Jacobs appointed assistant city inspector / wine gauger |
August 19, 1714 |
Richard Waller wrote to Leeuwenhoek about the receipt of his latest letter and the Royal Society's annual recess |
August 21, 1714 |
Wrote Letter XI of 1714-08-21 (AB 307) to Members of the Royal Society |
October 23, 1714 |
niece Maria Jans de Molijn's widowed husband Cornelis Haaxman made will |
October 26, 1714 |
Wrote Letter XII of 1714-10-26 (AB 308) to Members of the Royal Society |
November 4, 1714 |
Wrote Letter XIII of 1714-11-04 (AB 309) to Adriaen van Assendelft |
November 9, 1714 |
Wrote Letter XIV of 1714-11-09 (AB 310) to Members of the Royal Society |
November 17, 1714 |
newphew Adriaan Johannes Swalmius married Adriana de Bries |
November 20, 1714 |
Wrote Letter XV of 1714-11-20 (AB 311) to Members of the Royal Society |
January 1, 1715 |
astronomer Edmond Halley, editor again of Philosophical Transactions from 1715-1719, published only one letter by Leeuwenhoek |
January 1, 1715 |
Published Continuatio Epistolarum (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53-60 (3rd) |
January 11, 1715 |
Wrote letter of 1715-01-11 (AB 312) to Anthonie Heinsius |
February 27, 1715 |
Appointed executor of Leeuwenvelt estate |
February 28, 1715 |
Anthonie Heinsius wrote (AB 313) to Leeuwenhoek thanking him for his letters and praising his importance |
March 26, 1715 |
Wrote Letter XVI of 1715-03-26 (AB 314) to Antony Cinck |
July 1, 1715 |
Visited by Joachim Georg Reinerding |
July 7, 1715 |
Wrote Letter XVII of 1715-07-07 (AB 315) to Antony Cinck |
August 5, 1715 |
Named in document using Vermeer estate as security |
August 5, 1715 |
Gottfried Leibniz wrote (AB 316) to Leeuwenhoek about sperm and encouraging young people |
September 28, 1715 |
Wrote Letter XVIII of 1715-09-28 (AB 317) to Gottfried Leibniz |
October 29, 1715 |
Gottfried Leibniz wrote (AB 318) to Leeuwenhoek about his observations and teaching his methods |
November 18, 1715 |
Wrote letter of 1715-11-18 (AB 319) to Gottfried Leibniz |
November 18, 1715 |
Wrote Letter XIX of 1715-11-18 (AB 320) to Gottfried Leibniz |
January 1, 1716 |
Paid the familiegeld (estate tax) of 20 gulden |
February 25, 1716 |
Wrote letter of 1716-02-25 (AB 321) to Anthonie Heinsius |
March 3, 1716 |
Wrote Letter XX of 1716-03-13 (AB 322) to Gottfried Leibniz |
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 |