Famous Deaths In 1706

Jan 21 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) died in the year 1706.  

Jan 26 On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

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 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)  

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

Jul 09 On this day in history death of pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)  

Aug 23 Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) died on this day in history.  

Sep 08 In the year 1706 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 in the year 1706.  

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

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

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 in the year 1706.  

Dec 03 Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) died on this day in history.  

Dec 09 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 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 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1706.  

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.