What Happened in January 1706

Famous Birthdays

Jan 17 Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father, inventor, ambassador and writer (Poor Richards Almanac), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)

Jan 21 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic, dies at 56
Jan 26 Guillaume Poitevin, French serpent (now obscure bass wind instrument) player, maître de chapelle and composer, dies at 59
Jan 29 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)