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 in the year 1706.  

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

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

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

Feb 13   Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen in the year 1706.  

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

Feb 27   In the year 1706 john Evelyn, diarist, dies  

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   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 on this day in history.  

May 23   Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed in the year 1706.  

Jun 10   On this day in history john Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens  

Jul 21   In the year 1706 pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)  

Sep 08   On this day in history romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53  

Sep 20   On this day in history franz Habermann, composer  

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

Sep 21   In the year 1706 jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer  

Sep 24   Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on this day in history.  

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

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 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 in the year 1706.  

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 in the year 1706.  

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   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   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   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 in the year 1706.  

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 in the year 1706.  

Feb 27   In the year 1706 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)