1687 (MDCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1687th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 687th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1687, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century17th century18th century
Decades: 1650s  1660s  1670s  – 1680s –  1690s  1700s  1710s
Years: 1684 1685 168616871688 1689 1690
1687 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1687
MDCLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita2440
Armenian calendar1136
ԹՎ ՌՃԼԶ
Assyrian calendar6437
Balinese saka calendar1608–1609
Bengali calendar1094
Berber calendar2637
English Regnal yearJa. 2 – 3 Ja. 2
Buddhist calendar2231
Burmese calendar1049
Byzantine calendar7195–7196
Chinese calendar丙寅(Fire Tiger)
4383 or 4323
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
4384 or 4324
Coptic calendar1403–1404
Discordian calendar2853
Ethiopian calendar1679–1680
Hebrew calendar5447–5448
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1743–1744
 - Shaka Samvat1608–1609
 - Kali Yuga4787–4788
Holocene calendar11687
Igbo calendar687–688
Iranian calendar1065–1066
Islamic calendar1098–1099
Japanese calendarJōkyō 4
(貞享4年)
Javanese calendar1610–1611
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4020
Minguo calendar225 before ROC
民前225年
Nanakshahi calendar219
Thai solar calendar2229–2230
Tibetan calendar阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
1813 or 1432 or 660
    — to —
阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1814 or 1433 or 661

Events

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Undated

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Births

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  • January 27 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (died 1753)
  • March 7 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (died. 1760)
  • June 24 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (died 1757)
  • September 7 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (died 1772)
  • October 4 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (died 1768)
  • October 21 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1759)
  • November 7 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist (died 1765)
  • December 5 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (died 1762)
  • December 26 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (died 1755)
  • date unknown Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (died 1720)
for more information, see Category:1687 births.

Deaths

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for more information, see Category:1687 deaths.