What Happened In 1687 - Historical Events 1687

Historical Events for the Year 1687

19th March » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
5th July » Isaac Newton publishes 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'.
12th August » Battle of Mohács (1687) e.g Battle of Mohács: Charles V, Duke of Lorraine or Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
26th September » The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Republic of Venice e.g Venetian forces led by Francesco Morosini called Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
31st December » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

27th January » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (d. 1753)
1st February » Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
7th March » Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
26th March » Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
7th June » Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian singer (d. 1734)
24th June » Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
17th September » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1772)
12th October » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (d. 1750)
14th October » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and educator (d. 1768)
21st October » Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
7th November » William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)
23rd November » Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French violinist and composer (d. 1730)
5th December » Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
26th December » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)

28th January » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611)
19th March » René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
22nd March » Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer (b. 1632)
28th March » Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
12th April » Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
16th April » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician (b. 1628)
1st September » Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)
28th September » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
13th October » Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
21st October » Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
14th November » Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
16th December » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)