What is 1706?
{{Year nav|1706}} {{Year in various calendars|1706}} {{Year article header|1706}} == Events == * [[September 7]] – [[War of Spanish Succession]] &ndash; The armies of [[Austria]] and [[Savoy]] defeat the French army at the [[Battle of Turin]]. == Births == * [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]], American philosopher, founding father and inventor (d. [[1790]]) == Deaths == * [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Johann Pachelbel]], German composer (b. [[1653]]) * [[December 9]] &ndash; King [[Peter II of Portugal]] (b. [[1648]]) [[Category:1706| ]]