1705 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724
• 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)
• 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)