See:
Wikipedia.
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 Japan.
Emperor Higashiyama ascends to the throne of Japan.
Births:
January 30 -
Johann Balthasar Neumann, master builder (+ 1753).
Antonion Lazzaro Moro - Italian geologist (+ 1752).
Deaths:
March 22 -
Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer.
December 14 -
Mr. Anthonie Hoffer.
John Alden.
Sir William Petty.
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