Year1696

Historical Events in 1696

Jan 31 Revolt by undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
Feb 27 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
Feb 29 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption

Mar 7 English KingWilliam III departs Netherlands
May 31 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius

Ottoman Azov Garrison Surrenders

Jul 19 Russian TsarPeter I's fleet occupies the southern mouth of the Don River and gains access to the Sea of Azov, after the surrender of the Ottoman Azov garrison

Jul 28 De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance

Treaty of Turin

Aug 29 KingLouis XIV of France andVictor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, sign the Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg

Nov 21 J Vanbrughe's "Relapse or Virtue in Danger" premieres in London
Dec 7 Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull
Dec 19 Jean-François Regnard's play "Le Joueur" (The Gamester) premieres in Paris

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Historical Events in 1696

Ottoman Azov Garrison Surrenders

Treaty of Turin

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