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Born on Monday December 17, 1696
- Egidius Pieterse van Zundert, Sprundel, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Esther Maria Polyxena van Wurmbrand († 1775)
- Joanna Anthoniusdr van Meerberghe (Ook van Meerbergen of van Meersbergen), Heusden († 1739)
- Johanna Peeters Mutsaerts, Nispen-Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1776)
- Georg Rück, Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Egidius van Sundert, Sprundel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1772)
- Balthasar Broeren, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Egidius Piterse (Dielis Theodorus) van Zundert, Sprundel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1772)
- egidius petrus van Zundert, Sprundel († 1772)
- Esther Marie Polyxene gravin van Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Stuppach (Niederösterreich) au († 1775)
Died on Monday December 17, 1696
- Gilles Le Gillon (26), Laventie, 62840, France
- Johann Möller (54), Kloster Oesede
- Dirck van Quellenburg
- Femmetje Kluppel (0), Enkhuizen
- Catharina Boddens, Amsterdam
- Simon Feliers (48), Velzeke-Ruddershove
- Anthonius Thoenissen van de Kieboom (56), Gemert, Nederland
- Catherine SEGUY (66), (Les Fromentals)-Moyrazès, 12162, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France
- Elizabeth ROWLANDSON (35), Ozleworth, Gloucestershire, England
- Bastienne LALLEMAND, Domèvre sous Montfort
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 17, 1696 at Delpher
Born on December 17
- 1616 » Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author († 1704)
- 1619 » Prince Rupert of the Rhine († 1682)
- 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
- 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
- 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
- 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
- 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
- 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
Died on December 17
- 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
- 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
- 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
- 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1696
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)