Historical Events In 1706

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

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

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

Jan 28   On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)   

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

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

Feb 13   Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen in the year 1706.   

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

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   In the year 1706 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 in the year 1706.   

Jul 21   In the year 1706 pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)   

Sep 08   In the year 1706 romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53   

Sep 20   Franz Habermann, composer in the year 1706.   

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

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   On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)   

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

Nov 07   Carlo Cecere, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)   

Mar 06   In the year 1706 birth of george Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)   

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

May 17   Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born in the year 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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)