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1706

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
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May 23: Duke of Marlborough leads troops to victory in Spanish Netherlands in Battle of Ramillies
1706 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1706
MDCCVI
Ab urbe condita2459
Armenian calendar1155
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԵ
Assyrian calendar6456
Balinese saka calendar1627–1628
Bengali calendar1113
Berber calendar2656
English Regnal yearAnn. 1 – 5 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar2250
Burmese calendar1068
Byzantine calendar7214–7215
Chinese calendar乙酉年 (Wood Rooster)
4403 or 4196
    — to —
丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
4404 or 4197
Coptic calendar1422–1423
Discordian calendar2872
Ethiopian calendar1698–1699
Hebrew calendar5466–5467
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1762–1763
 - Shaka Samvat1627–1628
 - Kali Yuga4806–4807
Holocene calendar11706
Igbo calendar706–707
Iranian calendar1084–1085
Islamic calendar1117–1118
Japanese calendarHōei 3
(宝永3年)
Javanese calendar1629–1630
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4039
Minguo calendar206 before ROC
民前206年
Nanakshahi calendar238
Thai solar calendar2248–2249
Tibetan calendar阴木鸡年
(female Wood-Rooster)
1832 or 1451 or 679
    — to —
阳火狗年
(male Fire-Dog)
1833 or 1452 or 680

1706 (MDCCVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1706th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 706th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1706, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Monday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Births

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Lauritz de Thurah born 4 March
Andrew Oliver born 28 March
François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix born 12 May
Benjamin Dass born 15 August

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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Cornelis de Man
King Peter II of Portugal
Marcantonio Barbarigo

Date unknown

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References

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  1. ^ Three hundred years later, Albuquerque is the largest city in U.S. state of New Mexico. Howard Bryan, Albuquerque Remembered (University of New Mexico Press, 2006) pp. 28-30
  2. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  3. ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750". Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  4. ^ Button, Henry G.; Lampert, Andrew P. (1976). The Guinness Book of the Business World. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-900424-32-X.
  5. ^ "About Twinings - 216 Strand". Twinings. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  6. ^ "Acts of Union 1707", MEMIM Encyclopedia
  7. ^ "Johan Augustin Mannerheim" (in Swedish). Gotlands Försvarshistoria och Gotlands Trupper. Retrieved 23 October 2024.