1687 - Definition and Overview
Years:
1684
1685
1686
-
1687
-
1688
1689
1690
Decades
:
1650s
1660s
1670s
-
1680s
-
1690s
1700s
1710s
Centuries
:
16th century
-
17th century
-
18th century
1687 in literature
1687 in science
1687 state leaders
Events
March 19
- The men under explorer
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
murder him while searching for the mouth of the
Mississippi River
.
July 5
-
Isaac Newton
's
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
is published.
December 31
- The first
Huguenots
set sail from
France
to the
Cape of Good Hope
.
King
James II of England
issues the
Declaration of Indulgence
, suspending laws against
Catholics
and non-conformists.
Change of
emperor
of the
Ottoman Empire
from
Mehmed IV
(
1648
-1687) to
Suleiman II
(1687-
1691
)
End of the reign of
Emperor Reigen of Japan
Emperor Higashiyama
ascends to the throne of
Japan
Births
January 27
-
Johann Balthasar Neumann
, master builder (+
1753
)
Antonion Lazzaro Moro -
Italian
geologist
(+
1752
)
Robert Simson
- mathematician
Deaths
March 22
-
Jean Baptiste Lully
, French
composer
September 12
-
John Alden
, Mayflower pilgrim
Sir
William Petty
, philosopher
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