Famous Deaths In 1706

Jan 21 On this day in history death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)

Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1706.

Jan 29 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

Aug 23 Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) died in the year 1706.

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

Sep 20 Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.

Oct 13 On this day in history death of iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682)

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 In the year 1706 death of tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)

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

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

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 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 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 Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759) was born in the year 1706.

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

Apr 24 In the year 1706 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer

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