1706
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| Years: 1703 1704 1705 - 1706 - 1707 1708 1709 | |
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1706 in literature List of state leaders in 1706 | |
Events
- May 23 - Battle of Ramillies
- November 5 - Dublin Gazette first edition
Births
- January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American politician (died 1790)
- January 28 - John Baskerville, printer, typefounder (died 1775)
- March 6 - Sir George Pocock, British admiral (died 1792)
- April 24 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (died 1784)
- June 10 - John Dollond, English optician (died 1761)
- October 18 - Baldassare Galuppi, composer
- December 17 - Emilie du Chatelet, French scientific writer and translator into French of Isaac Newton's Principia (died 1749)
- James Abercromby, British general
Deaths
- January 21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649)
- February 27 - John Evelyn, English writer, gardener and diarist (born 1620)
- March 3 - Johann Pachelbel, composer
- December 9 - Pedro II of Portugal
- December 28 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (born 1647)
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