Historical Events
- Jan 31 Revolt by undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
- Feb 27 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
- Feb 29 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption
- Mar 7 English King William III departs Netherlands
- May 31 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
- Jul 18 Tsar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
- Jul 28 De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance
- Jul 29 King Louis XIV of France and Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy sign Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg
- Aug 13 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor
- Nov 21 J Vanbrughe's "Relapse or Virtue in Danger" premieres in London
Famous People Born in 1696
- Jan 5 Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect & painter, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1757)
- Feb 10 Johann Melchior Molter, composer
- Feb 17 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, composer, born in Breslau Silesia
- Feb 29 Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, born in Pernes (d. 1770)
- Mar 5 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
World Leaders in 1696
Louis XIV
The Sun King of France- Peter the Great
Russian Tsar
Louis XIV
Peter the GreatFamous Deaths
- Jan 8 Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
- Jan 11 Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
- Jan 29 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies at 29
- Mar 14 Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
- Mar 18 Robert Charnock, English conspirator