Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor on this day in history.  

Jan 17   The birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist on this day in history.  

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

Jan 28   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history 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   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1706 galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies  

Apr 24   Giovanni Battista Martini, composer in the year 1706.  

Apr 29   On this day in history emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria  

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   Franz Habermann, composer in the year 1706.  

Sep 20   In the year 1706 pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79  

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

Sep 24   On this day in history treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen  

Oct 06   On this day in history pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )  

Oct 18   In the year 1706 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)  

Oct 26   Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   On this day in history carlo Cecere, composer  

Nov 13   On this day in history godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies  

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

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   In the year 1706 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   Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1706 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)  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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.