1696 in literature
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See also: 1695 in literature, other events of 1696, 1697 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- None listed
New Books
- Love's Last Shift, or, Virtue Rewarded (play) by Colley Cibber
- New Theory of the Earth by William Whiston
- The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger (play, a sequel to Cibber's Love's Last Shift) by John Vanbrugh
Births
- None listed
Deaths
- May 10 - Jean de La Bruyère, French essayist