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) Famous Deaths Oct 13 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633) Oct 21 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies Oct 27 Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), dies at 65 1686 History by Year 1688 What Happened in 1687 Parthenon September 26, 1687 Nell Gwyn, the Temptress Who Enchanted a King November 14, 1687
