Historical Events In 1706
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Jan 17 On this day in history 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 in the year 1706.
Jan 28 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.
Feb 12 In the year 1706 josef Christian, German sculptor
Feb 13 Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
Feb 27 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on this day in history.
Mar 03 In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
Mar 08 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established in the year 1706.
Mar 09 In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
Jun 10 On this day in history john Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
Jul 21 On this day in history pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)
Sep 08 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1706.
Sep 20 In the year 1706 franz Habermann, composer
Sep 20 Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1706.
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 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) on this day in history.
Oct 18 On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)
Oct 26 Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Nov 07 Carlo Cecere, composer in the year 1706.
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 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 in the year 1706.
Dec 17 On this day in history chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
Dec 28 On this day in history pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59