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 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on this day in history.

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

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

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 in the year 1706.

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 In the year 1706 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 Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.

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

Nov 16 Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64 in the year 1706.

Dec 03 On this day in history death of emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)

Dec 09 In the year 1706 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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history birth of george Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)

Apr 24 On this day in history 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)