Editing 1696 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Charles Albanel]], French missionary explorer in Canada (b. [[1616]])
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo]], Italian physician (b. [[1666]])
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Bartholomäus Kilian]], German engraver (b. [[1630]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Inés de Benigánim]], Spanish religious (b. [[1625]])
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Ahom Dynasty|Ahom]] King [[Supaatphaa]] or [[Gadadhar Singha]] 
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Molly Verney]], British artist (b. [[1675]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton]], English soldier (b. [[1613]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; Tsar [[Ivan V of Russia]], Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696 (b. [[1666]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[George Bradbury (judge)|George Bradbury]], English judge (b. [[1643]])
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Pietro Bellori]], Italian painter and biographer (b. [[1613]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Mary Knatchbull]], Knatchbull, Mary, abbess of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Ghent (b. [[1610]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas Street (judge)|Thomas Street]], English judge and politician (b. [[1625]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Jean de la Vallée]], Swedish architect (b. [[1620]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Jean Domat]], French jurist (b. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Holthöfer|first=Ernst|pages=180|chapter=Domat, Jean|editor=Michael Stolleis|title=Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert|edition=2nd|year=2001|publisher=Beck|location=München|language=de|isbn=3-406-45957-9}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Louis Laneau]], French bishop active in the kingdom of Siam (b. [[1637]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans]], French noble (b. [[1646]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Bonaventure Baron]], Irish Friar Minor and scholar (b. [[1610]])
* [[March 24]]
** [[Jacqueline Bouette de Blémur]], French Benedictine nun and writer (b. [[1618]])
** [[Marie de Miramion]], French woman known for her piety (b. [[1629]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz]], Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen (b. [[1657]])