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The year '''1696 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==History of science==
* Daniel Le Clerc publishes ''Histoire de la médecine'' in [[Geneva]], the first comprehensive work on the subject.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Medicine: Bibliography|url=http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/M/MED/medicine-39.html|work=1902 Encyclopedia|accessdate=2011-10-10}}</ref>

==Mathematics==
* [[Guillaume de l'Hôpital]] publishes ''[[Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes]]'', the first textbook on [[differential calculus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/De_L'Hopital.html|title=Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital|first1=J. J.|last1=O'Connor|last2=Robertson|first2=E. F.|work=[[MacTutor History of Mathematics archive]]|publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics, [[University of St Andrews]]|accessdate=2011-06-03  |date=December 2008}}</ref> including a statement of [[L'Hôpital's rule|his rule]] for the computation of certain [[limit (mathematics)|limit]]s.
* [[Jakob Bernoulli]] and [[Johann Bernoulli]] solve the [[brachistochrone curve]] problem, the first result in the [[calculus of variations]].

==Births==
* ''unknown date'' &ndash; [[Christine Kirch]], German astronomer (d. [[1782]])

==Deaths==
* April 30 – [[Robert Plot]], [[English people|English]] [[naturalist]] and [[chemist]] (born [[1640 in science|1640]])
* [[Jean Richer]], [[French people|French]] [[astronomer]] (born [[1630 in science|1630]])

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