Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years: 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 - 1687 - 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692
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.
- 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
- John Alden
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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