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| Years: 1687 1688 1689 - 1690 - 1691 1692 1693 | |
| Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.
- January 6 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
- January 14 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
- May 20 - England passes Act of Grace , forgiving followers of James II
- July 1 - The Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland
- Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogued it as the star 34 Tauri
- October 6-12--Massachusetts Puritans led by Sir William Phips besiege the city of Quebec. The siege ends in failure.
Births
- February 1 - Francesco Maria Veracini, composer
- March 18 - Christian Goldbach (Prussian mathematician)
- November 29 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
Deaths
- 1 July - George Walker Defender of Derry
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