What is 1696?
{{Year nav|1696}} {{Year in various calendars|1696}} {{Year article header|1696}} == Events == * April – Fire destroys the Gra Bet (or Left Quarter) of [[Gondar]], the capital of [[Ethiopia]]. * [[August 22]] – Forces of [[Venice]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] troops clash near [[Molino]] * [[October 29]] – [[Fuller Baptist Church]] founded in Kettering, England. * [[December 24]] – [[Inquisition]] burns number of [[Marrano|Marrano Jews]] in [[Evora]], [[Portugal]] * [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] becomes sole [[tsar]] of [[Russia]]. * [[Polish language|Polish]] replaces [[Ruthenian language|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]]. [[Category:1696| ]]