Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   In the year 1706 benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor  

Jan 17   In the year 1706 the birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist  

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   Josef Christian, German sculptor in the year 1706.  

Feb 13   In the year 1706 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 29   In the year 1706 emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria  

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

Jun 10   John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens in the year 1706.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 21   In the year 1706 jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer  

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   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) in the year 1706.  

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   On this day in history 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   Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer in the year 1706.  

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 in the year 1706.  

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

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

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

Mar 04   Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1706 birth of george Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)  

Apr 24   In the year 1706 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

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 in the year 1706.  

Jan 29   In the year 1706 death of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)  

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

Mar 01   In the year 1706 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52  

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