Historical Events In 1706

Jan 17   Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor on this day in history.   

Jan 17   The birth of Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist in the year 1706.   

Jan 26   Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor   

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

Feb 13   In the year 1706 battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen   

Feb 27   On this day in history john Evelyn, diarist, dies   

Mar 03   Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 in the year 1706.   

Mar 08   Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52   

Apr 19   In the year 1706 galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies   

Apr 24   Giovanni Battista Martini, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 29   Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1706 franz Habermann, composer   

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

Sep 21   On this day in history jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer   

Sep 24   Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on this day in history.   

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

Oct 18   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1706 andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60   

Nov 07   In the year 1706 carlo Cecere, composer   

Nov 13   On this day in history godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies   

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 in the year 1706.   

Dec 17   Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)   

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 in the year 1706.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 10   Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666) died on this day in history.