1666 was the year Newton spent an extended period at home when an outbreak of the plague forced Cambridge to close. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annu

1666 was the year Newton spent an extended period at home when an outbreak of the plague forced Cambridge to close. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis I like to imagine that someone somewhere is currently immersed in their own annus mirabilis and the fruits of those discoveries will be a silver lining to this terrible pandemic.