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1705

Years: 1702 1703 1704 - 1705 - 1706 1707 1708

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1705 in literature 1705 in music 1705 in science List of state leaders in 1705 List of religious leaders in 1705

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724
• The Daily Courant, first daily newspaper in England
• The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 is passed by the English Parliament, which naturalized Sophia of Hanover and the "issue of her body" as British subjects.

Births

• October 31 - Pope Clement XIV (died 1774)
• November 4 - Antonio Domenico Viraldini, italian music composer (died 1741)
• Thomas Birch, British historian (died 1766)
• Dick Turpin, English highwayman (died 1739)

Deaths

• May 5 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1640)
• Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1654)
• Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian (born 1653)
• November 30 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (born 1638)
• Titus Oates, English conspirator (born 1648)
• John Ray, English naturalist (born 1627)

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