1696 in poetry

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Works published in English

 * Aphra Behn - The Unfortunate Happy Lady
 * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, (&c.) On Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed by Jacob Tonson, posthumously published

Births
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 * William Oldys, English poet (died 1761)
 * Matthew Green, British poet (died 1737)

Deaths
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 * Henry Birkhead (born 1617), English academic, lawyer, Latin poet, and founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry
 * Gregório de Matos, Baroque poet of Brazil (born 1636)
 * Wacław Potocki (born 1621), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet, and writer