Famous Deaths In 1706

Jan 21 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) died in the year 1706.

Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.

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

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

Apr 19 In the year 1706 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 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 on this day in history.

Sep 20 On this day in history pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79

Oct 13 Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) died on this day in history.

Oct 26 On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60

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

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 in the year 1706.

Dec 03 Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) died on this day in history.

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

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 In the year 1706 birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)

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 George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792) was born in the year 1706.

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

May 17 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.