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). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Golden Age of Piracy (1700-1730 was rife in the Caribbean influencing trade in the world's main centres Events and trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving Pianos World leaders Louis XV King of France Events and trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events Events Paintings Births March 4 - Lauritz de Thurah, Danish The year 1706 in literature involved some significant events Events The Dublin Gazette is launched Events Works published Joseph Addison, The Campaign, on the victory at Blenheim John Philips, Blenheim The year 1706 in music involved some significant events Events Louis-Antoine Dornel succeeds François d'Agincourt as organist at The year 1706 in Science and Technology involved some significant events See also 1705 in Canada, other events of 1706, 1707 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - Anne of Great Britain Events February - Regency Act 1706 establishes Events 4 November - The Scottish Parliament votes in favour of the Acts of Union by 116 votes to 83 1705 state leaders - Events of 1706 - 1707 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Ottoman Empire Abkhazia - Jigetshi, Prince of Abkhazia ( 1700 - 1730) Portugal Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Year 1706 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Monday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar. The Swedish Calendar in use from March 1, 1700 until February 30, 1712 was one day ahead of the Julian calendar and ten days behind This is the Calendar for any common year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter G)
Events of 1706
January - June
- March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Iyasu I (or Joshua I, Ge'ez ኢያሱ) also known as Iyasu the Great, was {{IPA|nəgusä nägäst}} (throne name Adyam Sagad Tekle Haymanot I ( Ge'ez ተክለ ሃይማኖት "Plant of religion" throne name Le`al Sagad Ge'ez ለዓለ ሰገድ "to whom the exalted The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary
- May 23 - Battle of Ramillies in the War of Spanish Succession - English, Dutch, and German troops defeat the French. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Battle of Ramillies ( was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 23 May 1706 In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting
July - December
- September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and Savoy defeat the French. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. The Battle of Turin took place on 7 September 1706 west of the city of Turin during the War of the Spanish Succession. In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French
- November 5 - The Dublin Gazette publishes its first edition. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Iris Oifigiúil (ˈirʲəʃ ˈefʲəgʲuːlʲ meaning " Official Gazette " replaced the Dublin Gazette on January 31,
Births
- January 7 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (died 1751)
- January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American (died 1790)
- January 28 - John Baskerville, English printer (died 1775)
- March 6 - Sir George Pocock, British admiral (died 1792)
- April 24 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (died 1784)
- May 17 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (died 1780)
- May 20 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (died 1777)
- June 10 - John Dollond, English optician (died 1761)
- October 18 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (died 1785)
- November 8 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (died 1772)
- December 17 - Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (died 1749)
- date unknown - James Abercrombie, British general (died 1781)
Deaths
- January 21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649)
- January 29 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (born. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Genroku and before Shōtoku. This period spanned the years from 1704 through 1711. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Johann Heinrich Zedler ( January 7, 1706 March 21, 1751) was the publisher of a German Encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted John Baskerville ( January 28, 1706 - January 8, 1775) was born in the village of Wolverley, near Kidderminster in Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Sir George Pocock, KB ( March 6 1706 - April 3 1792) was a British Admiral, son of Thomas Pocock chaplain in the Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Giovanni Battista Martini, also known as Padre Martini ( April 24, 1706 – August 3, 1784) was an Italian Musician Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Andreas Felix von Oefele ( May 17, 1706 &ndash February 17, 1780) was a German Historian and Librarian. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Seth Pomeroy ( May 20, 1706 &ndash February 9, 1777) was an American Gunsmith and soldier from Northampton Massachusetts Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem John Dollond ( June 10, 1706 - November 30, 1761) was an English Optician. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Baldassare Galuppi ( October 18, 1706 &ndash January 3, 1785) was an Italian Composer from Venice, noted Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Johann Ulrich von Cramer ( 8 November, 1706 - 18 June, 1772) was an eminent German Judge, legal Scholar Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil marquise du Châtelet ( December 17, 1706 &ndash September 10, 1749) was a French Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Abercromby or Abercrombie may refer to James Abercromby 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776&ndash1858 British politician Sir James Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Adrien Baillet ( June 13, 1649 — January 21, 1706) was a French scholar and critic Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Charles Sackville 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex ( 24 January 1638 &ndash 29 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier son 1638)
- February 27 - John Evelyn, English writer, gardener and diarist (born 1620)
- March 1 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (born 1632)
- March 3 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (born 1653)
- April 10 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (born 1666)
- September 9 - Ferdinand de Marsin, Marshal of France, mortally wounded at the battle of Turin (born 1656)
- October 13 - Iyasus I of Ethiopia (born 1682)
- November 15 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (born 1683)
- December 9 - Peter II of Portugal (born 1648)
- December 28 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (born 1647)
Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation John Evelyn ( 31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer gardener and diarist Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Heino Heinrich Reichsgraf von Flemming ( 8 May 1632 &ndash 1 March[[ 706]] was a Saxon, later Brandenburger army leader and Field Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama e Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl of Donegall (1666 &ndash April 10, 1706) was an Irish nobleman and soldier Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Ferdinand count of Marsin (or Marchin) ( February 10, 1656 - September 9, 1706) was a French general and diplomat who was Marshal The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Iyasu I (or Joshua I, Ge'ez ኢያሱ) also known as Iyasu the Great, was {{IPA|nəgusä nägäst}} (throne name Adyam Sagad Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Tsangyang Gyatso ( Tibetan: 'ཚངས་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ' Wylie transliteration: Tshangs dbyangs Rgya mtsho) (1683 &ndash Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Ancestry Marriages and descendants Peter married first to his sister-in-law Marie-Françoise of Savoy in 1666 who gave him a daughter Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Pierre Bayle ( November 18, 1647 December 28, 1706) was a French Philosopher and writer
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