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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 27
-
Johann Balthasar Neumann
, master builder (d.
1753
)
October 4
-
Robert Simson
, Scottish mathematician (d.
1768
)
Antonion Lazzaro Moro ,
Italian
geologist
(d.
1752
)
Deaths
March 22
-
Jean Baptiste Lully
, French
composer
September 12
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John Alden
, Mayflower pilgrim
Sir
William Petty
, philosopher
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