1696 in literature

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See also: 1695 in literature, other events of 1696, 1697 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Vicenzo da Filicaja becomes governor of Volterra.

[edit] New books

• New Theory of the Earth by William Whiston

[edit] New drama

• Colley Cibber - Love's Last Shift, or, Virtue Rewarded
• John Vanbrugh - The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger (a sequel to Cibber's Love's Last Shift)

[edit] Births

• July 14 - William Oldys, antiquarian and bibliographer (died 1761)
• October 13 - Lord Hervey, memoirist (died 1743)
• date unknown - Matthew Green, poet (died 1737)

[edit] Deaths

• May 10 - Jean de La Bruyère, French essayist (born 1645)