Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor in the year 1706.   

Jan 17   In the year 1706 the birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist   

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

Jan 28   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) in the year 1706.   

Feb 12   Josef Christian, German sculptor on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 27   John Evelyn, diarist, dies in the year 1706.   

Mar 03   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established in the year 1706.   

Mar 09   Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1706.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1706.   

Sep 20   Franz Habermann, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 21   Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen   

Oct 06   In the year 1706 pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

Oct 18   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) in the year 1706.   

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

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 in the year 1706.   

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

Dec 17   In the year 1706 chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer   

Dec 28   Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 in the year 1706.   

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   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 in the year 1706.   

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)   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)   

Jan 26   Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1706.   

Jan 29   On this day in history death of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)   

Feb 27   John Evelyn, diarist, dies in the year 1706.   

Mar 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)