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Born on Friday December 21, 1696
- Jannitje de Ruyter, Oudewater
- Judocus Blaublomme, Watervliet, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Gilbertus Deschamps, Luingne
- Catharina Walterus Jansen Overvelt van, Rucphen († 1763)
- Elisabetha Peustiens, Echt
- Johannes Basco, Amsterdam
- Joannes Baptist Adriaenssens, Kontich († 1741)
- Louis Thomas André, Ransart, Hainaut, Belgique († 1767)
- Henricus Tyberghein, Menen, België († 1767)
- Elisabeth Peustiens, Echt
Died on Friday December 21, 1696
- Fedde Volkertsz (56)
- Robert Turnboll Blount Wilson (67), Home-Narrows of Perquimans Rivers, Berkeley (Hertford), Perquimans Co, No Carolina
- Conrad Schuler (66), Volken, Zürich, Switzerland
- Jois Arnoldus Smeijers, Vlijmen
- Machteld Claasdr Houck (32), Katwijk aan Zee
- Machteld Houck, Katwijk een Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Niesje Hendricks Van Der STEEN (9)
- Magdalena Sophia van WASSENAAR-WARMOND (51)
- Derck Garbrandts Wiersema, Baflo
- Magdalena Sophia van Wassenaer Warmond (51)
Born on December 21
- 1596 » Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint († 1646)
- 1603 » Roger Williams, English minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1684)
- 1615 » Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colonial governor († 1678)
- 1672 » Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer († 1737)
- 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
- 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
- 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
- 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
- 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
- 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
Died on December 21
- 1536 » John Seymour, English courtier (b. 1474)
- 1549 » Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
- 1581 » Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1502)
- 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
- 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
- 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
- 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
- 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
- 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
- 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
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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)