1706 Calendar
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1706 Historical Event(s)
February 3, 1706
– During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
May 23, 1706
– Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
July 22, 1706
– The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries’ Parliaments, lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Who Were Born On 1706?
January 17, 1706
– Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor (d. 1790)
January 28, 1706
– John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
March 4, 1706
– Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
March 6, 1706
– George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
April 24, 1706
– Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
May 17, 1706
– Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
May 20, 1706
– Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
June 10, 1706
– John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
September 21, 1706
– Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
November 8, 1706
– Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)