1696

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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July 18: Russia captures the city of Azov from the Ottoman Empire.
1696 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1696
MDCXCVI
Ab urbe condita2449
Armenian calendar1145
ԹՎ ՌՃԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6446
Balinese saka calendar1617–1618
Bengali calendar1103
Berber calendar2646
English Regnal yearWill. 3 – 9 Will. 3
Buddhist calendar2240
Burmese calendar1058
Byzantine calendar7204–7205
Chinese calendar乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
4393 or 4186
    — to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
4394 or 4187
Coptic calendar1412–1413
Discordian calendar2862
Ethiopian calendar1688–1689
Hebrew calendar5456–5457
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1752–1753
 - Shaka Samvat1617–1618
 - Kali Yuga4796–4797
Holocene calendar11696
Igbo calendar696–697
Iranian calendar1074–1075
Islamic calendar1107–1108
Japanese calendarGenroku 9
(元禄9年)
Javanese calendar1619–1620
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4029
Minguo calendar216 before ROC
民前216年
Nanakshahi calendar228
Thai solar calendar2238–2239
Tibetan calendar阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
1822 or 1441 or 669
    — to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
1823 or 1442 or 670
January 27: HMS Sovereign of the Seas accidentally burns.

1696 (MDCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1696th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 696th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1696, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.