1696
calendar year
1696 (MDCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1696th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 696th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1696, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1696 MDCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2449 |
| Armenian calendar | 1145 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6446 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1617–1618 |
| Bengali calendar | 1103 |
| Berber calendar | 2646 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Will. 3 – 9 Will. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2240 |
| Burmese calendar | 1058 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7204–7205 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4392 or 4332 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4393 or 4333 |
| Coptic calendar | 1412–1413 |
| Discordian calendar | 2862 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1688–1689 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5456–5457 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1752–1753 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1617–1618 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4796–4797 |
| Holocene calendar | 11696 |
| Igbo calendar | 696–697 |
| Iranian calendar | 1074–1075 |
| Islamic calendar | 1107–1108 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 9 (元禄９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1619–1620 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4029 |
| Minguo calendar | 216 before ROC 民前216年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 228 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2238–2239 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1822 or 1441 or 669 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1823 or 1442 or 670 |
Events
change- 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.