1687
Years:
1684 1685 1686 - 1687 - 1688 1689 1690Decades:
1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1687 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
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, German architect (d. 1753)
- March 7 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
- June 24 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
- September 7 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
- October 4 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
- October 21 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
- November 7 - William Stukeley, English archaologist (d. 1765)
- December 5 - Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
- December 26 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755)
Deaths
- January 28 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611)
- March 19 - René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
- March 22 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer (b. 1632)
- March 28 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
- April 12 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
- April 16 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b. 1628)
- September 1 - Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
- September 12 - John Alden, Mayflower pilgrim
- September 28 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
- October 13 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
- October 21 - Edmund Waller, English poet (b. 1606)
- November 14 - Nell Gwynne, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
- December 16 - Sir William Petty, English philosopher (b. 1623)
- Jean Claude, French protestant clergyman (b. 1619)