1705
Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724 The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 is passed by the British 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)
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