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   In the year 1706 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

Jan 28   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) in the year 1706.   

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   Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1706.   

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

Apr 19   Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.   

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

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) in the year 1706.   

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

Sep 20   Franz Habermann, composer on this day in history.   

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

Oct 06   Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) in the year 1706.   

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   In the year 1706 carlo Cecere, composer   

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   In the year 1706 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   In the year 1706 birth of benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor   

Jan 28   On this day in history birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)   

Feb 12   In the year 1706 birth of josef Christian, German sculptor   

Mar 04   On this day in history birth of lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)   

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

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

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

Jan 21   Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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   In the year 1706 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   In the year 1706 death of arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)