Editing 1696 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 21]] &ndash; The [[Great Recoinage of 1696|Recoinage Act]], passed by the [[Parliament of England]] to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.<ref name=JetRogers>James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of England'' (Clarendon Press, 1887 p. 41</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; In England, the ship {{HMS|Royal Sovereign|1660|6}} (formerly ''Sovereign of the Seas'') catches fire and burns at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]], after 57 years of service.
* [[January 31]] &ndash; In the [[Netherlands]], [[undertaker]]s revolt after funeral reforms in [[Amsterdam]].
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Colley Cibber]]'s play ''[[Love's Last Shift]]'' is first performed in [[London]].<ref>"The Sentimental Movement", by Dudley Miles, ''The Mid-West Quarterly'' (July 1917) p. 355</ref>
* [[February 8]] (January 29 old style) &ndash; [[Peter the Great]], who had jointly reigned since [[1682]] with his mentally ill older half-brother Tsar [[Ivan V of Russia|Ivan V]], becomes the sole [[Tsardom of Russia|Tsar of Russia]] when Ivan dies at the age of 29.
* [[February 15]] &ndash; A [[Jacobite assassination plot 1696|plot to ambush and assassinate]] King [[William III of England]] in order to restore [[James II of England|King James]] and the House of Stuart to the throne is foiled when the king cancels his usual plan to return from a hunting trip by way of the road between [[Turnham Green]] and [[Brentford]]. The king's guard is alerted by [[William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland|the Earl of Portland]], William Bentinck, who had been approached on February 13 by [[Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Prendergast]].<ref name=Moody>{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; A royal proclamation is issued to arrest suspected [[James II of England|Jacobite conspirators]] who had plotted the assassination of King William III, including gunman [[Robert Charnock]] and organizers [[George Barclay (Jacobite)|George Barclay]], and [[Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet|Sir John Fenwick]]. Barclay eludes capture, but Charnock and Fenwick are executed.<ref name=Moody/>
* [[March 7]] &ndash; King [[William III of England]] departs from the [[Netherlands]].
* [[March 9]] &ndash; Spanish missionaries in the province of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]] in North America first learn of plans for [[Pueblo Revolt|a revolt among the Pueblo Indians]] and send warnings to the governor, asking for Spanish troops. The uprising begins on June 4.<ref name=Espinosa>{{cite book|first=José |last=Manuel Espinosa|title=The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1696 and the Franciscan Missions in New Mexico: Letters of the Missionaries and Related Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PS-y_9q9gCsC&pg=PA181|year=1988|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-2365-3|pages=181}} p. 163</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; The Dutch [[Bombardment of Givet|bombard Givet]] during the [[Nine Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Childs|first=John|title=The Nine Years' War and the British Army |publisher= Manchester University Press |year= 1991|isbn= 0-71903461-2}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Robert Charnock]], who had been arrested for the [[Jacobite assassination plot 1696|Jacobite plot to kill King William]] is hanged at the [[Tower of London]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)]]: Russia begins the second of the [[Azov campaigns (1695–96)]].
* [[April]] &ndash; A fire destroys the ''Gra Bet'' (Left Quarter) of [[Gondar]], the capital of [[Ethiopia]]. The fire starts "in the house of a prostitute" and destroys many buildings, including the churches of St. George, Takla Haymanot and Iyasu.<ref>E. A. Wallis Budge, ''A History of Ethiopia: Volume II, Nubia and Abyssinia'' (Methuen, 1928, reprinted by Routledge, 2014) p. 416</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; A partial solar eclipse is visible in western Canada and Greenland.<ref name="ref1923598177">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0121696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Partial Eclipse of the Sun: 1696 May 01 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] &ndash; A total lunar eclipse is visible in western Europe and Africa.<ref name="ukho">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1211696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1696 May 16-17 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; John Salomonsz is elected chief of [[Sint Eustatius]] in the [[Caribbean Netherlands]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; A second [[Pueblo Revolt]] occurs in [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]]. The Tiwas of Taos and Picuris, the Tewas of San Ildefonso and Nambe, the Tanos of Jemez and San Cristobal, and the Keres of Santo Domingo and Cochiti attack during the full moon and kill 21 Spanish civilians and five priests.<ref>Nicholas A. Robins, ''Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas'' (Indiana University Press, 2005) p. 35</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Qing dynasty|China]]'s [[Kangxi Emperor]] leads troops in the [[Battle of Jao Modo]], about {{convert|37|mi}} from the modern Mongolian capital, [[Ulaanbaatar|Ulan Bator]], and defeats 5,000 Mongolian troops of the [[Dzungar Khanate]] under the command of [[Galdan Boshugtu Khan]].
* [[June 17]]
** The throne of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] becomes vacant with the death of [[John III Sobieski|Jan Sobieski]], prompting a competition between [[Augustus II the Strong|Friedrich Augustus, Elector of Saxony]] and [[François Louis, Prince of Conti|Prince François Louis]] of France to compete under the commonwealth's "[[Golden Liberty]]" system for an [[elective monarchy]] of the new king by the nobility. Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff, the [[Chancellor (Poland)|Grand Chancellor]], remains the head of the Polish-Lithuanian government during the vacancy of the ceremonial throne.
** Seven French ships attack five Dutch ships escorting a convoy of 112 merchant ships in the [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1696)|Battle of Dogger Bank]].

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Azov campaign: The Russian fleet occupies [[Azov]] at the mouth of the [[Don (river)|river Don]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; The Dutch state of [[Drenthe]] makes [[William III of England|William III of Orange]] its [[Stadtholder]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; Forces of the [[Republic of Venice]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Battle of Andros (1696)|clash near Andros]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; King [[Louis XIV]] of France and [[Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia|Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy]], sign the [[Treaty of Turin (1696)|Treaty of Turin]], ending Savoy's involvement in the [[Nine Years' War]].
* [[September 8]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Scotland]] passes the [[Education Act 1696]], providing for locally funded, Church-supervised schools to be established in every parish in Scotland.
* [[September 11]] &ndash; England's Royal Navy [[scuttling|scuttles]] and deliberately sinks its 32-gun battleship [[HMS Sapphire (1675)|HMS ''Sapphire'']] in [[Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador|Bay Bulls Harbour]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], rather than let it be captured by the French Navy following a disastrous battle. 
* [[September 17]] &ndash; On Canada's [[Hudson Bay]], the English Navy recaptures the [[York Factory]] from France, three years [[Capture of York Factory|after the French had captured it]], and renamed the site "Fort Bourbon".<ref>Georges Dugas, ''The Canadian West: Its Discovery by the Sieur de La Vérendrye'' (. Its Development by the Fur-trading Companies, Down to the Year 1822" (Librairie Beauchemin Ltd., 1905) p. 30</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The Convention of Vigevano is signed, bringing a general ceasefire in Italy and an end to the [[Nine Years' War]] between [[France]] and the remaining members of the Grand Alliance.
* [[October 20]] &ndash; The [[Imperial Russian Navy]] is founded on the recommendation of Tsar Peter the Great and approval by the Russian Duma.
* [[November 9]] &ndash; A total lunar eclipse is visible in North and South America.<ref name="ukho2">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1511696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1696 November 09 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society]], as predecessor to [[Aviva]], is founded in England.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wignall |first1=Katie |title=Look Up London: Discover the details you have never noticed before in 10 walks |date=May 26, 2022 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1-5294-1943-6 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oJEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT222 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="aviva">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/news-releases/2007/11/romania-311-years-of-history-for-the-aviva-group-3713/|title=Romania: 311 years of history for the Aviva group – Aviva plc|website=aviva.com|date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[John Vanbrugh]]'s play ''[[The Relapse]]'' is first performed in London.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; In England, the House of Commons approves the [[bill of attainder]] to convict [[Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet|Sir John Fenwick]] of high treason for plotting to lead the assassination of and coup d'état against King William III, on its third and final reading, voting 187 to 161 in favor of conviction. The measure then moves to the House of Lords.<ref name=Horwitz>"House of Commons Votes, 1689–1702", in ''Parliament, policy, and politics in the reign of William III'', by Henry Horwitz (Manchester University Press, 1977) p. 338</ref>  
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] captures and destroys [[St. John's, Newfoundland]] after a three-day siege.<ref>{{cite book|first=Spencer|last=Tucker|title=Almanac of American Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO2mx314ST0C&pg=PA106|year=2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-530-3|pages=106}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Connecticut Route 108]], one of Connecticut's oldest highways is laid-out to [[Trumbull, Connecticut|Trumbull]].
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Jean-François Regnard]]'s verse comedy ''[[:fr:Le Joueur (Regnard)|Le Joueur]]'' ("The Gamester") premieres in [[Paris]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; By a vote of 66 to 60, the English House of Lords approves the bill of attainder for the conviction of Sir John Fenwick for high treason.<ref>"Bills of Attainder", in ''Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: Relating to conference and impeachment'', by John Hatsell (L. Hansard and Sons) 1818 p. 324</ref> Fenwick is beheaded on January 28, 1697.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; The [[Inquisition]] in [[Portugal]] carries out the sentence of burning at the stake against several [[Marrano]] [[Judaism|Jews]] in [[Évora]].

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Great Famine of 1695–1697]] wipes out almost a third of the population of [[Finland]], while the [[Great Famine of Estonia (1695–97)]] takes out a fifth of the population of [[Estonia]]; and the "[[seven ill years]]" of famine in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] are ongoing.
* [[Polish language|Polish]] replaces [[Ruthenian language|Ruthenian]] as an [[official language]] of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]].
* [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington, Pennsylvania]], is settled.
* [[William Penn]] offers an elaborate plan for intercolonial cooperation largely in trade, defense, and criminal matters.
* [[Edward Lloyd (coffeehouse owner)]] probably begins publication of ''Lloyd's News'', a predecessor of ''[[Lloyd's List]]'', in London.
* [[Window tax]] was introduced in England and Wales and remained in force until 1851.
* ''[[A New Theory of the Earth]]'', a book by [[William Whiston]], is published and is well received by intellectuals of the day.
* The [[Bank of Scotland]] becomes the first bank in Europe to successfully issue paper currency.<ref name="bankofscotland">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/helpcentre/our-heritage.html|title=Bank of Scotland {{pipe}} Our heritage {{pipe}} Help centre|website=bankofscotland.co.uk|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref></onlyinclude>