1687 - What happened in 1687 ?


March 1687


Wednesday 19:

Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.




July 1687


Saturday 05:

Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.




September 1687


Friday 26:

The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.




December 1687


Wednesday 31:

The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.



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