Editing 1706 (section)

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 26]]
** [[War of Spanish Succession]]: [[Bavarian uprising of 1705–06|The uprising by Bavarians]] against the occupation of the  [[Electorate of Bavaria]] by [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian troops]] ends after 75 days, and ends the plans of [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian]], the [[Elector of Bavaria]], to bring Bavaria under the rule of the [[House of Wittelsbach]].
** [[Great Northern War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Grodno (1706)|Battle of Grodno]]: A coalition of 34,000 Swedish and Polish troops besieges the then-Lithuanian city in the winter time, and clashes with 41,000 Russian and Saxon troops.  After almost three months of fighting that lasts to [[April 10]], Sweden takes control of the city, which is now located in [[Belarus]].
* [[February 6]] &ndash; The city of [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], is incorporated by governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes as ''La Villa de Alburquerque'' in the Spanish colonial province of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]] in [[New Spain]]. Governor Cuervo sends a report on April 23 to the Spanish Crown and to New Spain's Governor, [[Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque]] announcing that the new villa, consisting of 35 families and having a population of 252 adults, has been named in honor of the Duke.<ref>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</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Fraustadt]]: Outnumbered more than 4 to 1 in infantry troops, and more than 2 to 1 overall, Swedish troops under the command of General [[Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld]] defeat a larger force of 20,000 Russian and Saxon infantry and cavalry. 
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Mary Channing]], who was pregnant at the time that she was convicted of the murder of her husband, is burned at the stake at [[Dorset]], in front of a crowd of 10,000 onlookers. 
* [[March 27]] &ndash; Concluding that Emperor [[Iyasus I of Ethiopia]] has abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint [[Tekle Haymanot I]] [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].
* [[March 31]] &ndash; The last [[Catalan Courts|Courts]] (parliament) of the [[Principality of Catalonia]] are finished; their dissolution is presided over by King [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]] of Spain.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Grodno (1706)|Battle of Grodno]] ends with a Swedish victory over Russian troops.
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: After [[Siege of Barcelona (1706)|a siege of 14 days]], a French and Spanish army retakes control of [[Barcelona]], which had been captured by England's army in 1705.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706|total eclipse of the Sun]] takes place and is visible in most of Europe, with a path crossing modern-day Spain, France, Germany, Poland and Russia
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ramillies]]: English, Dutch, German, Swiss and Scottish troops led by [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], defeat Franco-Bavarian forces in the Low Countries.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway]] sends the first two Protestant missionaries to India, dispatching  Lutherans Heinrich Plütcshau and Bartholomeus Ziegenbalg to [[Danish India|Denmark-Norway's colony in India]], the ''Dansk Ostindien'', based at [[Tharangambadi]] ("Tranquebar") in what is now the [[Tamil Nadu]] state.  
* [[June 11]] &ndash; In [[Tibet]], [[Lha-bzang Khan]], khan of the [[Khoshut]], kills the regent and kidnaps the [[6th Dalai Lama]], Tsangyang Gyatso, and kills the Lama's regent.
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: Troops dispatched from Portugal capture [[Madrid]] and proclaim the Habsburg dynasty's [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles of Austria]] to be the King Carlos III of Spain, after the Bourbon ruler, [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]], has fled.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Flemish Jesuit missionary [[François Noël (missionary)|François Noël]] is welcomed in [[China]] by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] at the Forbidden City in [[Beijing]], and discusses the Emperor's disdain over the [[Chinese Rites controversy|disapproval of Jesuit accommodation of Confucian rites by the Roman Catholic Church]].

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 22]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Union]] between [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]] is agreed upon in London, for ratification by the national legislatures.<ref name=CBH204205>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=204–205|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: The Spanish Bourbon armies of [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip V]] retake [[Madrid]] from the Portuguese and Habsburg Austria troops that had entered the city in June.
* [[August 18]] &ndash; King [[Louis XIV]] of France makes his last visit to [[Paris]], and gets an update on the construction of the veterans' hospital at the [[Les Invalides|Dome des Invalides]], which he had commissioned more than 35 years earlier.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; War of the Spanish Succession &ndash; [[Battle of Turin]]: Forces of [[Austria]] and [[Savoy]] defeat the French near what is now the Italian city of Torino.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 13]]
**[[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus II]], known as August der Starke (Augustus the Strong), Elector of Saxony, having ruled as King of Poland since 1706, signs the [[Treaty of Altranstädt (1706)]], renouncing all claims to the throne to settle his fight with Sweden during the [[Great Northern War]].
**[[Iyasu I]], Emperor of Ethiopia since 1682, is assassinated on the island of Tana, on orders of his son, [[Tekle Haymanot I]], who has ruled in Iyasu's place.  After being crowned as the new Emperor, Tekle Haymanot is stabbed to death in 1708 on orders of Iyasu's brother, [[Tewoflos]].
* [[October]] &ndash; ''[[Twinings]]'' founder, Thomas Twining, opens the first known [[tea room]] at 216 [[Strand, London]], still open {{As of|2024|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750|access-date=2007-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817164123/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750 |archive-date=August 17, 2007<!--Added by DASHBot-->|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Guinness Business">{{cite book|first1=Henry G.|last1=Button|first2=Andrew P.|last2=Lampert|title=The Guinness Book of the Business World|location=Enfield|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|year=1976|isbn=0-900424-32-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Twinings - 216 Strand|publisher=Twinings|year=2015|url= http://www.twinings.co.uk/about-twinings/216-strand|access-date=2015-02-13}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Scotland]] votes, 116 to 83, to approve the merger of Scotland with England to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].<ref>[https://memim.com/acts-of-union-1707.html "Acts of Union 1707"], MEMIM Encyclopedia</ref>
* [[November 6]] &ndash; A British attempt to conquer the [[Canary Islands]] fails when a fleet of 12 [[Royal Navy]] warships, commanded by [[John Jennings (Royal Navy officer)|Admiral John Jennings]] is forced to retreat after [[Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1706)|being met by a heavy artillery attack while sailing into Santa Cruz Bay]]
* [[November 15]] &ndash; Five months after having been deposed from his position as the [[Dalai Lama]], [[6th Dalai Lama|Tsangyang Gyatso]] disappears while in exile in [[Qinghai]] and is presumed to have been murdered.
* [[November 28]] &ndash; The royal wedding of [[Prussia]] takes place in [[Berlin]] between the 18-year-old [[Frederick William I of Prussia|Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm]] and his bride [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]], the 19-year-old daughter of the future King [[George I of Great Britain]].
* [[December 9]] &ndash;  [[John V of Portugal|João V]] becomes the new [[King of Portugal]] upon the death of his father, [[Peter II of Portugal|Dom Pedro II]], and begins a reign of 43 years.
* [[December 14]] &ndash;  Spanish General [[Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay]] leads the successful capture of [[Alcántara]] from [[Portugal]]
* [[December 31]] &ndash;  [[François Martin (Pondicherry)|François Martin]], the first Governor General of [[French India]] (now part of India's union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]), retires after seven years and is replaced by [[Pierre Dulivier]].