Historical Events In 1706

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

Jan 17   The birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist in the year 1706.  

Jan 26   On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

Jan 28   In the year 1706 john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)  

Feb 12   On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor  

Feb 13   Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 in the year 1706.  

Mar 08   In the year 1706 vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established  

Mar 09   On this day in history johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52  

Apr 19   Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 24   Giovanni Battista Martini, composer in the year 1706.  

Apr 29   On this day in history emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria  

May 23   On this day in history 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   Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) on this day in history.  

Sep 08   On this day in history romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53  

Sep 20   In the year 1706 franz Habermann, composer  

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

Sep 21   Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 24   On this day in history treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen  

Oct 06   Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) in the year 1706.  

Oct 18   On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)  

Oct 26   In the year 1706 andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60  

Nov 07   Carlo Cecere, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies in the year 1706.  

Nov 16   On this day in history cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64  

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

Dec 17   In the year 1706 chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer  

Dec 28   Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor  

Jan 28   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Josef Christian, German sculptor was born in the year 1706.  

Mar 04   In the year 1706 birth of lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)  

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of george Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)  

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

May 17   In the year 1706 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)  

Jan 21   In the year 1706 death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)  

Jan 26   On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

Jan 29   In the year 1706 death of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)  

Feb 27   On this day in history john Evelyn, diarist, dies  

Mar 01   Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632) died in the year 1706.  

Mar 03   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666) died in the year 1706.