In history, year 1687 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1687.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1687:
Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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05 july | The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton was first published, describing his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. |
26 september | The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed during an armedconflict between the Venetians under Francesco Morosini and Ottomanforces. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1687:
Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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01 February | Johann Adam Birkenstock / Violinist / Germany |
05 December | Francesco Geminiani / Violinist / Italy |
07 June | Gaetano Berenstadt / Actor / Italy |
07 November | William Stukeley / Physician / United Kingdom |
12 October | Sylvius Leopold Weiss / Composer / Germany |
14 October | Robert Simson / Academic / Scotland |
17 September | Durastante Natalucci / Historian / Italy |
21 October | Nicolaus I Bernoulli / Mathematician / Switzerland |
23 November | Jean Baptiste Senaillé / Violinist / France |
24 June | Johann Albrecht Bengel / Scholar / Germany |
26 December | Johann Georg Pisendel / Violinist / Germany |
27 January | Johann Balthasar Neumann / Engineer / Germany |