The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.
History of science Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive work on the subject.
Mathematics Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus, including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits. Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations.
Births unknown date – Christine Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1782)
Deaths April 30 – Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (born 1640) Jean Richer, French astronomer (born 1630)
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