1687 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1684 1685 1686 – 1687 – 1688 1689 1690 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1687 MDCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2440 |
| Armenian calendar | 1136 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6437 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -157–-156 |
| Bengali calendar | 1094 |
| Berber calendar | 2637 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ja. 2 – 3 Ja. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2231 |
| Burmese calendar | 1049 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7195–7196 |
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| Coptic calendar | 1403–1404 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1679–1680 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5447–5448 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1743–1744 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1609–1610 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4788–4789 |
| Holocene calendar | 11687 |
| Iranian calendar | 1065–1066 |
| Islamic calendar | 1098–1099 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyō 4 (貞享4年) |
| Korean calendar | 4020 |
| Minguo calendar | 225 before ROC 民前225年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2230 |
Year 1687 was a common year that started on a Wednesday when using the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- March 19 – The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River.
- April 4 – King James II of England issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and non-conformists.
- May 6 – Emperor Higashiyama succeeds Emperor Reigen on the throne of Japan.
- July 5 – Isaac Newton's three laws of motion (Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica) is published.
- August 12 – Battle of Mohács, fight between Sultan Mehmed IV's Ottoman Turks and Emperor Leopold I's Austrian Habsburgs' forces commanded by Charles of Lorraine.
- September 28 – The Parthenon explodes, while being used as a gunpowder store.
- December 31 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
Undated
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed IV (1648-1687) to Suleiman II (1687-1691).
Births
- January 27 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (died 1753)
- March 7 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (died. 1760)
- June 24 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (died 1757)
- September 7 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (died 1772)
- October 4 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (died 1768)
- October 21 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1759)
- November 7 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist (died 1765)
- December 5 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (died 1762)
- December 26 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (died 1755)
- date unknown Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (died 1720)
- for more information, see Category:1687 births.
Deaths
- January 13 – Jean Claude, French Protestant clergyman (born 1619)
- January 28 – Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (born 1611)
- March 19 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (born 1643)
- March 22 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (born 1632)
- March 28 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (born 1596)
- April 12 – Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer (born c.1628)
- April 16 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (born 1628)
- September 1 – Henry More, English philosopher (born 1614)
- September 12 – John Alden, Mayflower pilgrim (born c.1599)
- September 28 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (born 1623)
- October 13 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (born 1633)
- October 21 – Edmund Waller, English poet (born 1606)
- November 14 – Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1650)
- December 16 – Sir William Petty, English philosopher (born 1623)
- for more information, see Category:1687 deaths.
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