1696

1696 was a leap year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1660s  1670s  1680s  – 1690s –  1700s  1710s  1720s
Years:	1693 1694 1695 – 1696 – 1697 1698 1699

Events

• April – Fire destroys the Gra Bet (or Left Quarter) of Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia.
• August 22 – Forces of Venice and Turkish troops clash near Molino
• October 29 – Fuller Baptist Church founded in Kettering, England.
• December 24 – Inquisition burns number of Marrano Jews in Evora, Portugal
• Peter the Great becomes sole tsar of Russia.
• Polish replaces Ruthenian as an official language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• A famine wipes out almost a third of the population of Finland.
• Abington, Pennsylvania, is settled.
• William Penn offers an elaborate plan for intercolonial cooperation largely in trade, defense, and criminal matters.
• The Second Pueblo Revolt took place
• Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville captured and destroyed St. John's, Newfoundland.