Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1706 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

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

Feb 13   On this day in history battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen   

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   On this day in history vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established   

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   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   In the year 1706 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

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

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

Sep 08   Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Franz Habermann, composer in the year 1706.   

Sep 20   Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 24   Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen in the year 1706.   

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   On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60   

Nov 07   On this day in history carlo Cecere, composer   

Nov 13   In the year 1706 godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies   

Nov 16   Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1706.   

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   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   On this day in history 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 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   John Evelyn, diarist, dies in the year 1706.   

Mar 01   Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632) died in the year 1706.   

Mar 03   On this day in history johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52   

Mar 09   In the year 1706 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)