Famous Deaths In 1706

Jan 21 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) died on this day in history.

Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1706.

Jan 29 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638) died in the year 1706.

Feb 27 John Evelyn, diarist, dies in the year 1706.

Mar 01 In the year 1706 death of heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)

Mar 03 In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52

Mar 09 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.

Apr 10 In the year 1706 death of arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)

Apr 19 On this day in history galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies

Jul 09 On this day in history death of pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)

Aug 23 Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) died on this day in history.

Sep 08 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

Sep 20 In the year 1706 pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79

Oct 13 Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) died in the year 1706.

Oct 26 Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1706.

Nov 13 On this day in history godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies

Nov 15 On this day in history death of tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)

Nov 16 Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64 on this day in history.

Dec 03 Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) died in the year 1706.

Dec 09 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.

Dec 28 On this day in history pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59

Jan 07 In the year 1706 birth of johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)

Jan 17 In the year 1706 birth of benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor

Jan 28 On this day in history birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)

Feb 12 In the year 1706 birth of josef Christian, German sculptor

Mar 04 On this day in history birth of lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)

Mar 06 In the year 1706 birth of george Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)

Apr 24 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.

May 17 On this day in history birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)