Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor in the year 1706.  

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   Josef Christian, German sculptor in the year 1706.  

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

Feb 13   Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52  

Apr 19   On this day in history galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies  

Apr 24   In the year 1706 giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

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

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   Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1706.  

Sep 20   Franz Habermann, composer in the year 1706.  

Sep 20   Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1706.  

Sep 21   Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer in the year 1706.  

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- ) in the year 1706.  

Oct 18   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.  

Oct 26   Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1706.  

Nov 07   Carlo Cecere, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies in the year 1706.  

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

Dec 09   On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58  

Dec 17   In the year 1706 chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer  

Dec 28   In the year 1706 pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59  

Jan 07   Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor  

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

Feb 12   Josef Christian, German sculptor was born in the year 1706.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 17   Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born in the year 1706.  

Jan 21   In the year 1706 death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)  

Jan 26   Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1706.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 in the year 1706.  

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)