1687

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s

Years: 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 - 1687 - 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692

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

Year in topic

• 1687 in science

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