Historical Events In 1706
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Jan 17 On this day in history benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
Jan 17 On this day in history the birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist
Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1706.
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 in the year 1706.
Feb 13 On this day in history battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
Feb 27 John Evelyn, diarist, dies in the year 1706.
Mar 03 In the year 1706 johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
Mar 08 On this day in history vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established
Mar 09 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies in the year 1706.
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 In the year 1706 pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)
Sep 08 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1706.
Sep 20 Franz Habermann, composer on this day in history.
Sep 20 On this day in history 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- ) 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 Carlo Cecere, composer in the year 1706.
Nov 13 Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies on this day in history.
Nov 16 In the year 1706 cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64
Dec 09 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.
Dec 17 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer on this day in history.
Dec 28 In the year 1706 pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59