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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1696 1697 1698 - 1699 - 1700 1701 1702
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1670s 1680s - 1690s ''' - 1700s 1710s 1720s
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| align="center" | - 17th Century ''' - 18th Century
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Events
Births
Deaths
- January 21 - Obadiah Walker , English writer (b. 1616 )
- February 27 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke Of Bolton , English politician
- March 12 - Peder Griffenfeld , Danish statesman (b. 1635 )
- April 21 - Jean Racine , French playwright (b. 1639 )
- April 22 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr Von Abschatz , German statesman and poet (b. 1646 )
- May 12 - Lucas Achtschellinck , Flemish painter (b. 1626 )
- May 15 - Edward Petre , English Jesuit and privy councillor (b. 1631 )
- June 22 - Josiah Child , English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630 )
- September 26 - Simon Arnauld De Pomponne , French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (b. 1618 ).
- August 25 - Christian V , King of Denmark and Norway (b. 1646 )
- November 29 - Patrick Gordon , Scottish general (b. 1635 )
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