1687 Collection (page 2)

Jean Lebeuf
JEAN LEBEUF French churchman, abbe and historian. Date: 1687 - 1760

Constantijn Huygens
CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS Dutch diplomat and poet, father of Christian Huygens the scientist. Date: 1596 - 1687

Johann Hevel - 2
JOHANN HEVEL, known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer Date: 1611 - 1687

Johann Hevel - 3
JOHANN HEVEL, known as HEVELIUS The monument to the German- Polish astronomer at Danzig. Date: 1611 - 1687

Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
View 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 Dorothea
SOPHIE DOROTHEA - Queen to Frederick William I of Prussia and mother of Frederick the Great Date: 1687 - 1757

Christophe De Coulanges
CHRISTOPHE DE COULANGES French guardian of Madame de Sevigne. Date: ? - 1687

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

Memorial pilar on Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka
Swami 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 / Charlerie
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician as a young boy

Jb Lully / Mignard / Roullet
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Jb Lully / Hinton / Univ Mag
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Nell Gwyn Toasted
Young 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 1687
Scholarly 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 Wife
JOHANNES HEVEL Known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer, and his wife observe the stars

Charles Cotton / Maile
CHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler

Sir William Petty
SIR 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 1687
The London Gazette

3RD HORSE / 1687
3rd Horse (became the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1748)

George Villiers / 2nd Duke
GEORGE VILLIERS 2ND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Also Earl of Coventry and Baron of Whaddon

Surat, 17th Century
Surat, 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 America
RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682

Saints in Heaven
Saints Peter and Paul seat themselves on clouds, while others wonder at the glory of God

William Stukeley
WILLIAM STUKELEY Scholar & antiquary, Fellow of Royal Society

Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of Charles II
Eleanor " Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), English actress, mistress of King Charles II

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