1706

Years: 1703 1704 1705 - 1706 - 1707 1708 1709
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1706 in literature 1706 in music 1706 in science List of state leaders in 1706 List of religious leaders in 1706

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

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)