What Happened In 1696 - Historical Events 1696

Famous Birthdays in 1696

10th February » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (d. 1765)
5th March » Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
27th March » Antoine Court (Huguenot) named Antoine Court, French minister (d. 1760)
23rd May » Johann Caspar Vogler, German organist and composer (d. 1763)
11th June » James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
27th June » William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
14th July » William Oldys, English historian and author (d. 1761)
2nd August » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)
9th August » Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
12th August » Maurice Greene (composer) or Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (d. 1755)
13th October » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
2nd November » Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)
11th November » Andrea Zani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1757)
22nd December » James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Georgia called Colonial Governor of Georgia (d. 1785)
25th December » Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1715)

8th February » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
14th March » Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
18th March » Robert Charnock, English academic (b. 1663)
17th April » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
30th April » Robert Plot, English chemist (b. 1640)
11th May » Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher (b. 1645)
30th May » Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)
17th June » John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
2nd August » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
4th December » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)