Editing 1706 (section)

=== 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.