1696 in science
# 1696 in science

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)
