Why when you push on a wall does it not fall down or fall back on you? The reasons things act the way they do is due to Newtons 3rd law. Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, near Grantham, on December 25, 1642, and died at Kensington, London, on March 20, 1727. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and lived there from 1661 till 1696, during this time he made the bulk of his works in mathematics; in 1696 he was appointed to a Government office, and moved to London, where he lived until his death.