Famous Birthdays Oct 6 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772) Oct 18 Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano, Venice (d. 1785) Born in 1706 Famous Deaths Oct 13 Iyasu I, the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (1682-1706) (b. 1654) Oct 26 Andreas Werkmeister, German organist and composer, dies at 60 Sep 1706 History by Year Nov 1706 What Happened in 1706 The President Who Was Never PresidentJanuary 17, 1706
