Famous Deaths In 1706

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 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 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 On this day in history johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52  

Apr 10 In the year 1706 death of arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)  

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

Jul 09 In the year 1706 death of pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)  

Aug 23 In the year 1706 death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)  

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

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

Oct 13 Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 15 On this day in history death of tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)  

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

Dec 03 On this day in history death of emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)  

Dec 09 In the year 1706 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58  

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 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 In the year 1706 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

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