3rd February » During the Battle of Fraustadt Sweden Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxony Saxon-Poland Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
23rd May » Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a France or French army under Marshal of France called Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi.
7th September » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
Famous Birthdays in 1706
7th January » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
17th January » Benjamin Franklin, American publisher and politician, 6th List of Governors of Pennsylvania known as President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
28th January » John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
4th March » Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Eremitage Palace and Gammel Holtegård (d. 1759)
6th March » George Pocock, English admiral (d. 1792)
6th April » Louis de Cahusac, French playwright (d. 1759)
24th April » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist (d. 1780)
17th May » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
20th May » Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
21st June » John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (d. 1761)
21st September » Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1735)
18th October » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
7th November » Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)
8th November » Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
17th December » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
Famous Deaths in History for 1706
21st January » Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
29th January » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
27th February » John Evelyn, English author (b. 1620)
1st March » Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician (b. 1632)
3rd March » Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
10th April » Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish general (b. 1666)
23rd August » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)