Events in year of 1706
- 02-13Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia / Saksen
- 04-29Emperor Jozef I becomes Monarch of Cologne / Bavaria
- 05-23Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
People born in year of 1706
- 01-28John Baskerville: English printer (typeface inventor)
- 02-12Josef Christian: German sculptor
- 04-24Giovanni Battista Martini: Composer
- 06-10John Dollond: Owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
- 07-21Pierre Lyonet: Zoologist / cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)
- 09-20Franz Habermann: Composer
- 09-21Jacob Wilhelm Lustig: Composer
- 10-06Pieter Steyn: Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
- 11-07Carlo Cecere: Composer
People died in year of 1706
- 01-26Guillaume Poitevin: Composer, dies at 59
- 02-27John Evelyn: Diarist
- 03-03Johann Pachelbel: Organist / Composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
- 04-19Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen: Dutch baptist leader
- 09-08Romanus Weichlein: Composer, dies at 53
- 09-20Pierre Verdier: Composer, dies at 79
- 10-26Andreas Werkmeister: Composer, dies at 60
- 11-16Cornelis Evertsen: Mutineer / ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64
- 12-09Pedro II: King of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
- 12-28Pierre Bayle: French Theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59
Events in year of 1707
- 01-01Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as King of Portugal
- 04-25Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
- 04-29English / Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
- 05-01England, Wales and Scotland form UK of Great Britain
- 08-22Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon
- 08-22Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty
- 10-17German Composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach
- 11-22Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as Viceroy of Friesland
People born in year of 1707
- 01-22Carl Hockh: Composer
- 02-07Carl August Thielo: Composer
- 02-15Claude Prosper: Paris, France -- Novelist
- 02-25Carlo Goldoni: Italy -- Lawyer / playwright (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges)
- 03-07Stephen Hopkins: (Gov-Rhode Island) signed Declaration of Independence
- 04-22Henry Fielding: England, United Kingdom -- Novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
- 04-27John Burman: Dutch Botanist / director botanical gardens
- 05-14Antonio Teixeira: Composer
- 07-14Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary: Composer
- 09-07George-Louis Leclerc [comte de Buffon]: Writer on natural history
- 12-18Charles Wesley: Co-founder (Methodist movement)
People died in year of 1707
- 01-04Louis Willem I: Count of Baden-Baden
- 05-03Michiel de Swaen: South Netherlands Physician / poet, dies at 53
- 05-09Dietrich Buxtehude: German Organist / composer, dies at about 69
- 06-24Kaspar von Stieler: German linguist / poet, dies at 74
- 10-02Anne Jules Duke the Noailles: Marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
- 10-05Daniel Speer: Composer, dies at 71
- 10-22Cloudesley Shovell: Admiral, drowns at Scilly
- 12-01Jeremiah Clarke: Composer
Events in year of 1708
- 02-24Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as Viceroy of Groningen
- 02-28Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
- 03-23English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
- 03-27English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk
- 07-04Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
- 07-11Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
- 07-28Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
- 08-29English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia
- 08-29Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians
- 10-21Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)
- 10-22Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
- 12-01Great Alliance occupies Brussels
- 12-29Great Alliance occupies Gent
- 12-31Great Alliance captures Bridge
People born in year of 1708
- 01-25Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: Italian painter
- 01-26William Hayes: Composer
- 01-30Georg D Ehret: German / English cartoonist
- 02-08Vaclav Jan Kopriva: Composer
- 03-21Caspar Ruetz: Composer
- 04-06George Reuter: Composer
- 04-08Georg Zarth: Composer
- 04-23Friedrich von Hagedorn: German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
- 05-03Johann Adolph Scheibe: German music theroist / composer
- 06-19Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Composer
- 08-10John Stinstra: Baptist vicar
- 10-16Albrecht von Haller: Switzerland -- Experimental physiology (Academy of Science)
- 11-04Robert Praelisauer: Composer
- 12-04Marianus Konigsperger: Composer
- 12-08Francis I: Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
People died in year of 1708
- 04-30Simon de Vries: Book seller / writer (Unequal)
- 05-27Jacques Danican Philidor: Composer, dies at 51
- 06-15Romeyn de Hooghe: Painter / goldsmith, buried at 62
- 07-02Willem of Nassau: Mister of Zuylenstein / Lieutenant General / Baron Enfield
- 08-04Vincenzo De Grandis: Composer, dies at 77
- 09-03Christian Liebe: Composer, dies at 53
- 10-01John Blow: Composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59
- 10-22Herman Witsius [Wits]: Reformed theologist, dies at 72
- 11-07Ludolf Backhuysen: Dutch seascape Painter / cartoonist, dies at 76