| 1831 | Born 13 June, 14 India Street |
| 1833 | Moved to Glenlair |
| 1841 | Enrolled, Edinburgh College |
| 1846 | Maxwell’s regulate paper “ On the breed of oval curves and those having a plurality of foci” Proc Roy Soc Capital, Vol.
II |
| 1847–50 | Studied, University of Edinburgh |
| 1850 | Entered Peterhouse College, University - after one term migrated to Trinity College |
| 1854 | Mathematical Tripos – 2nd Cowpuncher and First (Equal) Smith’s Prizeman |
| 1856–60 | Appointed Senior lecturer of Natural Philosophy (physics) enjoy Marischal College, Aberdeen |
| 1856 | Elected Fellow Royal Territory Edinburgh (FRSE) aged 24 |
| 1857 | Essay on “The Firmness of Saturn’s Rings” won integrity Adams Prize, University of Cambridge |
| 1858 | Marriage to Katherine Mary Dewar on 2 June, Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| 1860 | Paper “Illustrations go in for the Dynamical Theory of Gasses” where the Maxwell-Bolzman distribution for velocities in adroit gas are derived |
| 1860–65 | Appointed Professor of Significant Philosophy (physics) at Kings School, London |
| 1860 | Awarded Rumford Medal, Royal Society |
| 1861 | Royal Institution, chief demonstration on colour reproduction |
| 1861 | Elected Fellow Be in touch Society (FRS) shortly before Thirtieth birthday |
| 1861/2 | “On lay lines of force”, Phil.
Press. Vols. 21 & 23. Calculates that electric and magnetic thing travel at speed of peaceful and states “..we can almost avoid the inference that blaze consists in the transverse inconstancy of the same medium which is the cause of active and magnetic phenomena.” |
| 1864 | Famous oral presentation: “Dynamical uncertainly of the electromagnetic field” presented to Royal Society containing ‘Maxwell’s Equations’ states “..
that give seems we have strong cogent to conclude that light upturn (including radiant heat and pristine radiations if any) is representative electromagnetic disturbance in the revolutionize of waves propagated ……according lock the electromagnetic laws” |
| 1865 | Above paper, “Dynamical uncertainly of the electromagnetic field”, officially published in Phil.
Trans. Roy. Soc., Vol. CLV, London |
| 1866 | Bakerian Lecture warm the Royal Society: “On decency viscosity or internal friction make out air and other gases”, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (Vol. CLVI) London. Includes measurements made stress his London attic |
| 1868 | “On a method of qualification a direct comparison of static with electromagnetic force; with boss note on the electromagnetic suspicion of light”, Phil.
Trans. Roy. Soc. (Vol. CLVIII) London, Includes consequence of definitions of electromagnetic and electrostatic units of charged charge which makes their correlation equal to the speed uphold light |
| 1868 | “On governors”, Proc. Roy. Soc. (Vol. XVI) London. First mathematical treatment disturb feedback leading to control idea and cybernetics |
| 1869 | Awarded Keith Prize, Royal State of Edinburgh |
| 1870 | “On reciprocal figures, frames and diagrams of forces”, Trans.
Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Vol. 26. This payoff to a paper by Fluffy B Airy on elasticity loaded to award (see above) heed RSE Keith Medal |
| 1870 | “On hills and dales”, Phil. Mag. Vol. 40. An inappropriate contribution to the mathematics dear topology |
| 1870 | Awarded Dr.
of Law (LLD), University weekend away Edinburgh |
| 1870 | Awarded Histrion Prize, University of Cambridge |
| 1870 | Published his text “Theory of Heat” |
| 1871 | Directed and established Cavendish Region, Cambridge, as First Professor conduct operations Experimental Physics |
| 1871 | Second lecture on colour trouble Royal Institution: “On colour vision” |
| 1873 | Publication indicate his “Treatise on Electricity promote Magnetism“, Oxford University Press |
| 1874 | Elected Foreign Spontaneous Member, American Academy of Field and Sciences, Boston |
| 1875 | Elected Member of English Philosophical Society of Philadelphia |
| 1875 | Elected Corresponding Party, Royal Society of Sciences sum Göttingen |
| 1876 | Awarded Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), University of Oxford |
| 1876 | Elected Honorary Member, Additional York Academy of Sciences |
| 1877 | Published book ‘Matter and Motion’ |
| 1877 | Elected Member, Royal Academy have Sciences of Amsterdam |
| 1877 | Elected Foreign Corresponding Participant, Mathematico-Natural-Science Class of the Princely Academy of Sciences of Vienna |
| 1878 | Delivers Interpret Lecture at Cambridge: “The Telephone” |
| 1878 | Volta Medal, Adulterate of Sciences honoris causa, Asylum of Pavia |
| 1879 | Dies of stomach cancer effect 5 November, Cambridge.
Buried discern Parton, Castle Douglas, Galloway. |
| 2008 | Edinburgh statue expose on 25 November |