1696 deaths

English politician

physician

Belgian composer

Swiss sculptor

Dutch architect

French historian (1624-1696)

English playwright and lawyer (1626-1696)

daimyo

English marquess (1626-1696)

Flemish painter (1633-1696)

Supatphaa (1681– February 1696), also Gadadhar Singha, born Gadapani, was the twenty-ninth king of Ahom kingdom. He established the rule of Tungkhungia royal house of Ahom kings, whose descendants continued to rule till the climactic end of the Ahom kingdom in 1826. He was a son of Gobar raja, a descendant of Suhungmung, and who had become king for twenty days. Gadadhar Singha stabilized the Ahom kingdom, which was going through a long decade of political turmoil and instability. This period saw the ruthless power grab of Debera Borbarua and Laluksola Borphukan's abandonment of Guwahati to the

Irish politician (1631-1696)

English Baron

Bey of Tunis

French botanist (1629-1696)

Flemish copper engraver, graphic artist, etcher and draughtsman

German engraver (1630–1696)

Dutch theologian and merchant