1687
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 JapanEmperor Higashiyama ascends to the throne of Japan
BirthsJanuary 27 - Johann Balthasar Neumann, master builder (d. 1753)October 4 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)Antonion Lazzaro Moro, Italian geologist (d. 1752)
Deaths March 22 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer September 12 - John Alden, Mayflower pilgrim Sir William Petty, philosopher
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