1687
year
1687 (MDCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1687th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 687th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1687, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1684 1685 1686 – 1687 – 1688 1689 1690 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1687 MDCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2440 |
| Armenian calendar | 1136 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6437 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1608–1609 |
| Bengali calendar | 1094 |
| Berber calendar | 2637 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ja. 2 – 3 Ja. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2231 |
| Burmese calendar | 1049 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7195–7196 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4383 or 4323 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4384 or 4324 |
| Coptic calendar | 1403–1404 |
| Discordian calendar | 2853 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1679–1680 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5447–5448 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1743–1744 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1608–1609 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4787–4788 |
| Holocene calendar | 11687 |
| Igbo calendar | 687–688 |
| Iranian calendar | 1065–1066 |
| Islamic calendar | 1098–1099 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyō 4 (貞享４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1610–1611 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4020 |
| Minguo calendar | 225 before ROC 民前225年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 219 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2229–2230 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1813 or 1432 or 660 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1814 or 1433 or 661 |
Events
change- 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.
- July 5 – Isaac Newton's three laws of motion (Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica) is published.
- August 12 – Battle of Mohács, 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.
Undated
change- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed IV (1648-1687) to Suleiman II (1687-1691).
Births
change- 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)
- date unknown Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (died 1720)
- for more information, see Category:1687 births.
Deaths
change- 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)
- for more information, see Category:1687 deaths.