Template:Selected anniversaries/July 5
1687: Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"). Principia states Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics; Newton's law of universal gravitation; and a derivation of Kepler's laws of planetary motion (which Kepler first obtained empirically).
1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2009: Discovery of the Staffordshire hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
2010: "The Safe-Cracker was not a math crime," says art critic and alleged math criminal The Eel. "I was doing justice by helping my friend defeat his enemies."