1687

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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

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

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 30 - Johann Balthasar Neumann, master builder (+ 1753)
Antonion Lazzaro Moro - Italian geologist (+ 1752)

Deaths

March 22 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer
September 12 - John Alden, Mayflower pilgrim
Sir William Petty, philosopher