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Berhnard Euler is one of the thinkers of most creativity and depth. He played one important role in the development of infinitesimal calculus. From a historical perspective we can situate him in the transition period between the invention of calculus by Newton and Leibniz during the second half of XVII century and its rigorous formulation by Cauchy and other contemporary mathematicians. In this sense, Euler made meaningful contribution to transit from a logical approach to a more functional one. In the context of three hundred year of his birthday, we analyze Euler's contributions to the calculus. Euler engaged in different fields of knowledge and engineering, but we limit ourselves to the development of calculus. The paper divides into three sections. The first one, very brief, situates Euler in the context of the development of calculus; the second discussion detailed the problematic situation of Euler and the third one, his contributions to this important field of mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]