Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1687. This year saw 10 significant events.
Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia," is published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation
The Acropolis in Athens is attacked by the Venetian army in an attempt to expel the Turks, damaging the Parthenon
Explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men
American-English official Elihu Yale becomes Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, the East India's Company's major trading port in India
Battle of Mohács: Ottoman invaders of Hungary are routed by forces of the Holy Roman Emperor under Charles of Lorraine
French officer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, baron Lahontan arrives at Fort Saint-Joseph (modern Detroit) as its new commander (a year later abandons and razes to the ground) [1]
The siege of the Acropolis took place on 23–29 September 1687, as the Venetian forces under Francesco Morosini and Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck laid siege to the Acropolis of Athens, held by the Ottoman...
Hungary accepts Habsburg sovereignty
Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21...
First Huguenots depart France for the Cape of Good Hope
Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia," is published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation
The Acropolis in Athens is attacked by the Venetian army in an attempt to expel the Turks, damaging the Parthenon
Explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men
American-English official Elihu Yale becomes Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, the East India's Company's major trading port in India
Battle of Mohács: Ottoman invaders of Hungary are routed by forces of the Holy Roman Emperor under Charles of Lorraine
French officer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, baron Lahontan arrives at Fort Saint-Joseph (modern Detroit) as its new commander (a year later abandons and razes to the ground) [1]
The siege of the Acropolis took place on 23–29 September 1687, as the Venetian forces under Francesco Morosini and Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck laid siege to the Acropolis of Athens, held by the Ottoman...
Hungary accepts Habsburg sovereignty
Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21...
First Huguenots depart France for the Cape of Good Hope