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...

Act 1696, or the Flag Law Act , (Philippine Commission Act № 1696, August 23, 1907) is an act of the Philippine Commission that outlawed the display of...

Anno 1696 is the ninth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, released on 24 February 2023 via Century Media. Insomnium began working...

The Azov campaigns of 1695–1696 (‹See Tfd›Russian: Азо́вские похо́ды, romanized: Azovskiye Pokhody) were two Russian military campaigns during the Russo-Turkish...

further developed and tightened by the Navigation Acts of 1663, 1673, and 1696. Upon this basis during the 18th century, the Acts were modified by subsequent...

Bridlington is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is on the Holderness part (Flamborough Head to the Humber estuary)...

The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events. Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive...

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– Craigiehall, near Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce. 1696 Main façades of Chatsworth House completed to designs of William Talman in...

Maria Theresa of Austria (22 August 1684 – 28 September 1696) was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of...

in the schemes for assassinating William which came to light in 1695 and 1696. After the seizure of his fellow conspirators, Robert Charnock and others...

and Ireland in early 1696. One of a series of plots by Jacobites to reverse the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689, the plot of 1696 had been preceded by...

number of people were indiscriminately killed in the Edo period was the 1696 Yoshiwara spree killing (吉原百人斬り, Yoshiwara hyakunin giri; lit. "Yoshiwara...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1696. January – Colley Cibber's play Love's Last Shift is first performed at the...

1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765) 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771) 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary...

The Great Recoinage of 1696 was an attempt by the English Government under King William III to replace the hammered silver that made up most of the coinage...

Tfd›German: Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, French: Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander...

James Latham (c. 1696 – 26 January 1747) was an Irish portrait painter. James Latham was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, in the Kingdom of Ireland possibly...

and spent the last three decades of his life in London, serving as Warden (1696–1699) and Master (1699–1727) of the Royal Mint, as well as president of the...

Anna Maria della Pietà (c.1696 – 10 August 1782), was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher based in the Venetian orphanage Ospedale della Pietà....

his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute monarch, an autocrat who remained...

2. c. 6) The Highways Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 29) The Highways Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 16) The Highways Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 56) The Highways...

The Battle of Mamora (1696) took place in the summer of 1696 between the Portuguese and Moroccan fleets off the coast of Mamora. The Portuguese left the...

(1): 1569–1696. Men-At-Arms Series. Vol. 184. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-736-X. Brzezinski, Richard (1988). Polish Armies (2): 1569–1696. Men-At-Arms...

Battle of Dogger Bank is the name of a battle which took place on 17 June 1696 as part of the War of the Grand Alliance. It was a victory for a French force...

(1688–1697), leaving Mary to govern Britain alone. She died in 1694. In 1696 the Jacobites, a faction loyal to the deposed James, plotted unsuccessfully...

the south of the Sunda Strait on 5 February 1708, in bad weather. Built in 1696, Concordia was a large ship for her day, being approximately 900 tons. On...

Licensing Act and so cleared the way for a free press on the Act's expiry in 1696. Censorship had already been relaxed following the Bill of Rights 1689. It...

Events from the year 1696 in England. Monarch – William III January Great Recoinage of 1696: The Parliament of England passes the Recoinage Act. Colley...

Act 1695 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1696, the long title of which is "An Act for preventing Charge and Expence in...