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Nell Gwynn and the houses in which she livedEngraved portrait of Nell Gwynn (1650-1687), the English actress and mistress of King Charles II, and two of the houses in which she lived
Hand and Quill PenWriting with a quill pen
Jb Lully / BustJEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician: portrait bust
Johann Albrecht BengelJOHANN ALBRECHT BENGEL German churchman and scholar. Date: 1687 - 1752
Charles Cotton / HumphrysCHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler, fishing by the river Date: 1630 - 1687
Jb Lully / Johannot / GeilleJEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician
Serenata On The Grand Canal, VeniceThis mezzotint in colours shows the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, a church opened in 1687, designed by architect, Baldassare Longhena, situated along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy
Prince Orange Drowns 1687 1711 Johan Willem Frisoprince, orange, drowns, 1687, 1711, johan, willem, friso, stadholder, friesland, shown, moments, before, death, drowning, crossing, holland, diep, ferry, way, hague, ferrymen, rough, water, boatmen
PAPINS BONE DIGESTERDiagram of Papins Bone Digester. Date: 1687
Nicols StruyckNICOLaS STRUYCK Dutch mathematician and astronomer, known for his Cometarium which mapped the progress of comets round the sun. Date: 1687 - 1769
Ye Olde Nell Gwynne, now an antique shop in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Nell Gwyn would stay here while Charles II was at Windsor Castle. Their two sons were born here. Date: 1650 - 1687
Violins by Stradivarius and GuarneriusTwo violins - Joseph Guarnerius (Vieuxtemps), and both sides of an inlaid Stradivarius of 1687 (from the Plowden Collection). 1875
John GambleJOHN GAMBLE British musician Date: ? - 1687
George Drummond, ProvostGEORGE DRUMMOND Lord Provost of Edinburgh Date: 1687 - 1766
John James DilleniusJOHN JAMES DILLENIUS German churchman and botanist in England. Date: 1687 - 1747
Jean Claude, ChurchmanJEAN CLAUDE French protestant churchman Date: 1619 - 1687
Francois De CrequiFRANCOIS de BONNE de CREQUI, duc de Lesdiguieres French soldier, marechal de France Date: 1624 - 1687
2nd Duke of BuckinghamGEORGE VILLIERS, second duke of BUCKINGHAM Statesman. Date: 1628 - 1687
Samuel BernardSAMUEL BERNARD French painter and engraver. Date: 1615 - 1687
NELL GWYNs HOUSE 1820ELEANOR ( NELL ) GWYN The home of Nell Gwyn in 1820. Date: 1650 - 1687
Rene-Robert CavelierRENE-ROBERT CAVELIER French explorer Date: 1643 - 1687
Charles Cotton / HomeCHARLES COTTON Beresford Hall, home of the English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687
Charles Cotton / DuncanCHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687
Charles Cotton / CorbouldCHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687
John Bunyan / SouthwarkJOHN BUNYAN English preachers Meeting House in Zoar Street, Gravel Lane, Southwark: it was built in 1687 Date: 1628 - 1688
ELEANOR ( NELL ) GWYN - Actress, mistress of Charles II. Date: 1650 - 1687
LA Salle MurderedCavelier de La Salle, French explorer, is murdered by his own men while exploring Texas Date: 1687
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687). French Baroque composer. Cadmus et Hermione, opera by Jean-Bapiste Lully. Costume for the character of Hermione
Willem WissingWILLEM WISSING Dutch artist Date: 1656 - 1687
Peter and StreltsiPeter, at the Troitsa monastery, receives deputations from the streltsi. Date: circa 1687
Edmund Wallers TombEDMUND WALLERs tomb in the churchyard at Beaconsfield. Date: 1687
Thomas SheridanTHOMAS SHERIDAN Irish churchman and schoolteacher, friend of Swift. Date: 1687 - 1738
Michel De Saint-MartinMICHEL DE SAINT-MARTIN marquis de Miskou etc. French churchman ? Judging by the papal-style headgear he was either an eccentric or an ecclesiastical pretender. Date: 1614 - 1687
Louis De Saint-AmourLOUIS GORIN de SAINT-AMOUR French churchman, theologian at the Sorbonne, Paris. Date: 1619 - 1687
Duc De Saint-AignanFRANCOIS HONORAT DE BEAUVILLIERS, first duc de SAINT-AIGNAN French soldier and patron of letters Date: 1610 - 1687
Henrietta RochesterHENRIETTA BOYLE, countess of ROCHESTER wife of Laurence Hyde, first earl Date: - 1687
HENRY MORE English churchman and Platonist scholar Date: 1614 - 1687
Stephen MonteageSTEPHEN MONTEAGE Merchant of London, a pioneer of double-entry book-keeping, surrounded by a ring of roses. Date: 1623 - 1687
Franc. Aug. De MoncrifFRANCOIS AUGUSTE DE MONCRIF French writer Date: 1687 - 1770
Jean LebeufJEAN LEBEUF French churchman, abbe and historian. Date: 1687 - 1760
Constantijn HuygensCONSTANTIJN HUYGENS Dutch diplomat and poet, father of Christian Huygens the scientist. Date: 1596 - 1687
Johann Hevel - 2JOHANN HEVEL, known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer Date: 1611 - 1687
Johann Hevel - 3JOHANN HEVEL, known as HEVELIUS The monument to the German- Polish astronomer at Danzig. Date: 1611 - 1687
Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden, WarwickshireView of Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire. It was built mainly in 1687 in the Palladian style, incorporating parts of an earlier, probably Elizabethan, house
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687). French Baroque composer. Engraving
Sophie DorotheaSOPHIE DOROTHEA - Queen to Frederick William I of Prussia and mother of Frederick the Great Date: 1687 - 1757
Christophe De CoulangesCHRISTOPHE DE COULANGES French guardian of Madame de Sevigne. Date: ? - 1687
Memorial pilar on Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri LankaSwami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka. Pillar erected in memory of Francina Van Rhede in 1687. She was the daughter of a gentleman of high office in the Dutch service
Lully (Johannot)JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician
Jb Lully / CharlerieJEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician as a young boy
Jb Lully / Mignard / RoulletJEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician
Jb Lully / Hinton / Univ MagJEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician
Nell Gwyn ToastedYoung Nell Gwyn, selling oranges for a living, attracts the attention of some young men, one of whom - Charles II - will have her as one of his mistresses
Printing in Latin 1687Scholarly magazines intended for an international readership were at this time printed in Latin, with which every well-read person was expected to be familiar
Johannes Hevel and WifeJOHANNES HEVEL Known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer, and his wife observe the stars
Charles Cotton / MaileCHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler
Sir William PettySIR WILLIAM Eminent English economist, professor of anatomy at Oxford & music at Gresham. A founder of the Royal Society. In 1662 he designed a twin-hulled ship
The London Gazette 1687The London Gazette
3RD HORSE / 16873rd Horse (became the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1748)
George Villiers / 2nd DukeGEORGE VILLIERS 2ND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Also Earl of Coventry and Baron of Whaddon
Surat, 17th CenturySurat, some 250 km north of Bombay, is an important English trading factory and administrative centre from 1608 to 1687
Elisabeth Druzbacka Polish Poet
LA Salle in AmericaRENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682
Saints in HeavenSaints Peter and Paul seat themselves on clouds, while others wonder at the glory of God
William StukeleyWILLIAM STUKELEY Scholar & antiquary, Fellow of Royal Society
Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of Charles IIEleanor " Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), English actress, mistress of King Charles II
