Historical Events In 1706

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  

Jan 07   Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) was born in the year 1706.  

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   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   George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792) was born in the year 1706.  

Apr 24   Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 17   Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.  

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   Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638) died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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