Famous Deaths Happened In 1706

Jan 21 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) died on this day in history.  

Jan 26 In the year 1706 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

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 On this day in history 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)  

Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies in the year 1706.  

Jul 09 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661) died on this day in history.  

Aug 23 Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) died in the year 1706.  

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

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

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

Oct 26 On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60  

Nov 13 Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 15 In the year 1706 death of tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)  

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

Dec 03 Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) died in the year 1706.  

Dec 09 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 in the year 1706.  

Dec 28 Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) was born in the year 1706.  

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

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

Feb 12 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

May 17 On this day in history birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)