1706

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1670s  1680s  1690s  – 1700s –  1710s  1720s  1730s
Years:	1703 1704 1705 – 1706 – 1707 1708 1709

1706 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1706 MDCCVI
Ab urbe condita	2459
Armenian calendar	1155 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԵ
Assyrian calendar	6456
Balinese saka calendar	1627–1628
Bengali calendar	1113
Berber calendar	2656
English Regnal year	4 Ann. 1 – 5 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar	2250
Burmese calendar	1068
Byzantine calendar	7214–7215
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4402 or 4342     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4403 or 4343
Coptic calendar	1422–1423
Discordian calendar	2872
Ethiopian calendar	1698–1699
Hebrew calendar	5466–5467
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1762–1763
- Shaka Samvat	1627–1628
- Kali Yuga	4806–4807
Holocene calendar	11706
Igbo calendar	706–707
Iranian calendar	1084–1085
Islamic calendar	1117–1118
Japanese calendar	Hōei 3 (宝永３年)
Javanese calendar	1629–1630
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4039
Minguo calendar	206 before ROC 民前206年
Nanakshahi calendar	238
Thai solar calendar	2248–2249
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.

Events

• September 7 – War of Spanish Succession – The armies of Austria and Savoy defeat the French army at the Battle of Turin.

Births

• January 17 – Benjamin Franklin, American philosopher, founding father and inventor (d. 1790)

Deaths

• March 3 – Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)
• December 9 – King Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)