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What Happened in September 1687

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Historical Events

  • Sep 14 French officer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, baron Lahontan arrives at Fort Saint-Joseph (modern Detroit) as its new commander (a year later abandons and razes to the ground) [1]

Siege of the Acropolis

Sep 26 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon

The Parthenon, former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
  • Sep 28 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
Events in 1687

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 9 Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, born in Verdun, France (d. 1745)
  • Sep 17 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (specialized in history of Trevi, in Umbria), born in Picicche di Trevi, Italy (d. 1772)
Born in 1687

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 1 Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
  • Sep 28 Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)


What Happened in 1687

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