1687
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1684 1685 1686 - 1687 - 1688 1689 1690 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1687 (MDCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1687
[edit] January - June
- 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.
[edit] July - December
- July 5 - Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.
- August 12 - Battle of Mohács (1687), 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.
[edit] Undated
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed IV (1648-1687) to Suleiman II (1687-1691).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1687 MDCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2440 |
| Armenian calendar | 1136 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -157 – -156 |
| Berber calendar | 2637 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2231 |
| Burmese calendar | 1049 |
| Chinese calendar | 4323/4383-11-18 (丙寅年十一月十八日) — to —
4324/4384-11-27(丁卯年十一月廿七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1403 – 1404 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1679 – 1680 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5447 – 5448 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1742 – 1743 |
| - 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 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2230 |
- 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)
- Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (died 1720)
[edit] 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)
