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Birth
1706 Birth, Marriage, Death in the UK 1706- 1706
- 1706
- 1706
1706
| Millennium: |
2nd millennium |
| Centuries: |
17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: |
1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: |
1703 1704 1705 - 1706 - 1707 1708 1709 |
| 1706 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - England - - Scotland |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works
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Year 1706 (MDCCVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). Year 1706 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Monday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
Contents
- 1 Events of 1706
- 1.1 January - June
- 1.2 July - December
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
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- March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia has abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia.
- May 23 - War of Spanish Succession - Battle of Ramillies: English, Dutch, and German troops defeat the French.
- September 7 - War of Spanish Succession - Battle of Turin: Forces of Austria and Savoy defeat the French.
- November 5 - The Dublin Gazette publishes its first edition.
1706 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1706
MDCCVI |
| Ab urbe condita |
2459 |
| Armenian calendar |
1155
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar |
-138 – -137 |
| Berber calendar |
2656 |
| Buddhist calendar |
2250 |
| Burmese calendar |
1068 |
| Byzantine calendar |
7214 – 7215 |
| Chinese calendar |
乙酉年十一月十七日
(4342/4402-11-17)
— to —
丙戌年十一月廿七日
(4343/4403-11-27) |
| Coptic calendar |
1422 – 1423 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1698 – 1699 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5466 – 5467 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1761 – 1762 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1628 – 1629 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4807 – 4808 |
| Holocene calendar |
11706 |
| Iranian calendar |
1084 – 1085 |
| Islamic calendar |
1117 – 1118 |
| Japanese calendar |
Hōei 3
(宝永3年) |
| Korean calendar |
4039 |
| Thai solar calendar |
2249 |
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- January 7 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
- January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American (d. 1790)
- January 28 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
- March 6 - Sir George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
- April 24 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1784)
- May 17 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
- May 20 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
- June 10 - John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
- October 18 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
- November 8 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
- December 17 - Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
- date unknown - James Abercrombie, British general (d. 1781)
- January 21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
- January 29 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- February 27 - John Evelyn, English writer, gardener and diarist (b. 1620)
- March 1 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)
- March 3 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)
- April 10 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
- August 23 - Edward Nott, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- September 9 - Ferdinand de Marsin, Marshal of France (mortally wounded at the battle of Turin) (born 1656)
- October 13 - Iyasus I of Ethiopia (b. 1682)
- November 15 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
- December 9 - Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
- December 28 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (b. 1647)
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