1706
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| Years: | 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1706 MDCCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2459 |
| Armenian calendar | 1155 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԵ |
| Chinese calendar | 4342/4402-11-17 (乙酉年十一月十七日) — to —
4343/4403-11-27(丙戌年十一月廿七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1698 – 1699 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5466 – 5467 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1761 – 1762 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1628 – 1629 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4807 – 4808 |
| Iranian calendar | 1084 – 1085 |
| Islamic calendar | 1118 – 1119 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōei 3 (宝永3年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2366 (皇紀2366年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11706 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2249 |
1706 (MDCCVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1706 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Monday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- 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
- May 23 - Battle of Ramillies in the War of Spanish Succession - English, Dutch, and German troops defeat the French
- September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and Savoy defeat the French
- November 5 - The Dublin Gazette publishes its first edition.
[edit] 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)
- James Abercrombie, British general (died 1781)
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649)
- January 29 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (born. 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)
- 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)
