Historical Events In 1706

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

Jan 17   On this day in history the birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1706 josef Christian, German sculptor   

Feb 13   In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen   

Feb 13   In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen   

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

Mar 03   In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52   

Mar 08   Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established on this day in history.   

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

Apr 19   On this day in history galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies   

Apr 24   In the year 1706 giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

Apr 29   Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria in the year 1706.   

May 23   In the year 1706 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

Jun 10   In the year 1706 john Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens   

Jul 21   Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1706 romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53   

Sep 20   In the year 1706 franz Habermann, composer   

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

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

Sep 24   In the year 1706 treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen   

Oct 06   In the year 1706 pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

Oct 18   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Dec 09   In the year 1706 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58   

Dec 17   On this day in history 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   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   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759) was born in the year 1706.   

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   Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born in the year 1706.   

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

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

Jan 29   Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638) died in the year 1706.   

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

Mar 01   On this day in history death of heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)   

Mar 03   On this day in history johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52   

Mar 09   Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 in the year 1706.   

Apr 10   On this day in history death of arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)