Historical Events Oct 11 Hungary accepts Habsburg sovereignty Famous Birthdays Oct 14 Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1768) Oct 21 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759) Born in 1687 Famous Deaths Oct 13 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633) Oct 21 Edmund Waller, English poet (Song: Go, lovely rose) and politician, dies at 81 Oct 27 Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), dies at 65 Sep 1687 History by Year Nov 1687 What Happened in 1687 ParthenonSeptember 26, 1687 Nell Gwyn, the Temptress Who Enchanted a KingNovember 14, 1687
