Historical Events In 1706
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Jan 17 On this day in history benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
Jan 17 In the year 1706 the birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist
Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
Jan 28 On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
Feb 12 Josef Christian, German sculptor in the year 1706.
Feb 13 In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
Feb 13 In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
Feb 27 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on this day in history.
Mar 03 On this day in history johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
Mar 08 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established on this day in history.
Mar 09 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.
Apr 24 In the year 1706 giovanni Battista Martini, composer
Apr 29 On this day in history emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria
May 23 In the year 1706 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
Jun 10 John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens on this day in history.
Jul 21 On this day in history pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)
Sep 08 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
Sep 20 Franz Habermann, composer in the year 1706.
Sep 20 In the year 1706 pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79
Sep 21 On this day in history jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
Sep 24 Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen in the year 1706.
Oct 06 On this day in history pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
Oct 18 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.
Oct 26 Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Nov 07 On this day in history carlo Cecere, composer
Nov 13 On this day in history godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
Nov 16 Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64 in the year 1706.
Dec 09 On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
Dec 17 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer on this day in history.
Dec 28 On this day in history pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59