Famous Deaths In 1706

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

Jan 26 In the year 1706 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59

Jan 29 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638) died on this day in history.

Feb 27 In the year 1706 john Evelyn, diarist, dies

Mar 01 Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632) died on this day in history.

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

Mar 09 In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52

Apr 10 Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666) died on this day in history.

Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies in the year 1706.

Jul 09 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661) died on this day in history.

Aug 23 On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)

Sep 08 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1706.

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

Oct 13 In the year 1706 death of iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682)

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

Nov 13 In the year 1706 godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies

Nov 15 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683) died on this day in history.

Nov 16 In the year 1706 cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64

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

Dec 09 On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58

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

Jan 07 Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) was born in the year 1706.

Jan 17 Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor was born in the year 1706.

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

Feb 12 On this day in history 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 In the year 1706 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer

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