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Born on Sunday December 2, 1696
- Andreas Wannaers, Oisterwijk
- bastiaan jansz vooijs, katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
- Barbara Decoster, Eksaarde
- Afra Petri Pieters Euverst, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Bastiaan Johanneszn Vooijs, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1771)
- Aaltje Harmens Peereboom, Loosdrecht
- Afra Pieters Euverst, Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1747)
- Bernard Leikinck [Feltkamp, Tebraeck of Wensing], Bocholt DEU-Hemden († 1728)
- Anna Pieteraerents, Nederbrakel
- Amarentia van der Schuer, Leiden († 1729)
Died on Sunday December 2, 1696
- Arthur Smith (58)
- Jantje Fredriks' Pouwels (65), Enkhuizen
- MARIA JOANNA Evenepoel (62), Pamel, Roosdaal, B
- Robert Pitt (38), Isle, Virginia, United States
- Ariaentje Cornelisd DECKER (2)
- Pleun Pietersz Brugman (51)
- Jan Franssen (36), Altforst
- Col. Arthur Smith II (58), Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
- Francois ROZE, Mecé, 35170, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- Pieter Pleunen Van Dr LINDEN (3)
Born on December 2
- 1599 » Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman († 1663)
- 1629 » William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal († 1704)
- 1694 » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay († 1771)
- 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
- 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
- 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
- 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
- 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
- 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
- 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
Died on December 2
- 1594 » Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
- 1615 » Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
- 1665 » Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
- 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
- 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
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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)