1687 in England

Events from the year 1687 in England.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – James II
• Parliament – Loyal (until 2 July)

Events[]

• 4 April – King James II issues the Declaration of Indulgence (or Declaration for the Liberty of Conscience), suspending laws against Roman Catholics and nonconformists.^[1]
• 1 May – King James II attends the consecration of Ferdinando d'Adda, Papal Nuncio to London, as titular Archbishop of Amasia in the Royal Chapel of St James's Palace.
• 4 September – King James II tries to expel the Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, for refusing to Catholicise their institution.^[1]

Publications[]

• 5 July – Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the Principia, is published by the Royal Society of London.

Births[]

• c. 26 August – Henry Carey, poet, dramatist and songwriter (suicide 1743)
• 7 November – William Stukeley, archaeologist (died 1765)

Deaths[]

• 16 April – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, statesman (born 1628)
• 1 September – Henry More, philosopher (born 1614)
• 12 September – John Alden, Mayflower pilgrim (born c. 1599)
• 21 October – Edmund Waller, poet (born 1606)
• 14 November – Nell Gwynne, actress, mistress of Charles II of England (born 1650)
• 10 December – Robert Venables, Parliamentarian soldier (born c. 1613)
• 16 December – Sir William Petty, philosopher (born 1623)

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