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Maurice, Count of Saxony ( German: Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, French: Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman ...
11. kesäkuuta – James Keith, skotlantilaissyntyinen sotamarsalkka (k. 1758) 16. heinäkuuta – Carl Lilliestierna, ruotsalainen tuomari, valtiopäivämies, hovioikeuden sihteeri ja asessori (k. 1742) 2. elokuuta – Mahmud I, Osmanien valtakunnan sulttaani (k. 1754)
Robert Austen (1642–1696) Robert Austen (3 August 1642 – 22 August 1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1666 and 1696. Austen was the son of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet and his second wife. He was educated at Gray's Inn and was a colonel in the militia.
1,200 captured. 4 frigates destroyed. 1 frigate captured. 25 merchant ships destroyed. The Battle of Dogger Bank is the name of a battle which took place on 17 June 1696 as part of the War of the Grand Alliance. It was a victory for a French force of seven ships over a Dutch force of five ships and the convoy it was escorting.
Mariana of Austria. Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria, [a] (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649, when she married her uncle Philip IV of Spain, until his death in 1665. She was then appointed regent for their three-year-old son Charles II, and due to his ill health remained an influential figure until she died in 1696.
1696 az irodalomban 1696 a tudományban Születések. március 5. – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo olasz festő († 1770) március 17. – Németújvári gróf Batthyány Lajos, az utolsó magyar származású nádor († 1765) augusztus 2. – I. Mahmud, az Oszmán Birodalom 25. szultánja († 1754)
February 17 – Ernst Gottlieb Baron, lutenist and composer (died 1760) May 23 – Johann Caspar Vogler, organist and composer (died 1763) August 12 – Maurice Greene, composer (died 1725) November 11 – Andrea Zani, violinist and composer (died 1757) December 25 – Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, amateur composer (died 1715) date unknown.
