Famous Deaths In 1706

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

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 in the year 1706.  

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

Mar 01 Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632) died in the year 1706.  

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 Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666) died in the year 1706.  

Apr 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 09 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661) died in the year 1706.  

Aug 23 Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) died in the year 1706.  

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

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

Oct 13 In the year 1706 death of iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682)  

Oct 26 On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60  

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

Nov 15 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683) died in the year 1706.  

Nov 16 In the year 1706 cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64  

Dec 03 On this day in history death of emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)  

Dec 09 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 24 In the year 1706 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

May 17 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born in the year 1706.