1705 in England
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Events from the year 1705 which occurred in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Events
- 16 April - Isaac Newton knighted by Queen Anne.[1]
- May
- General election results in no clear majority for either political faction in Parliament.[2]
- The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar ends with the defending Confederate forces (including the English) retaining control of the town.
- 25 September - Queen Anne appoints commissioners to negotiate political union with Scotland.[2]
- 15 October - War of the Spanish Succession: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough leads an English naval force in the capture of Barcelona.[3]
- 30 October - John Vanbrugh's play The Confederacy (adapted from the French) is first performed at his new London playhouse, The Queen’s Theatre in Haymarket.[4][5]
- 27 December - John Vanbrugh's play The Mistake (adapted from the French) is first performed at his new London playhouse, The Queen’s Theatre in Haymarket.[4][5]
- December - The Sophia Naturalization Act is passed by Parliament, which naturalizes Sophia of Hanover (next in succession to the British throne) and the "issue of her body" as British subjects.
Undated
- Construction begins on Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire designed by John Vanbrugh for the Duke of Marlborough.[3] It is completed in 1724.
- Edmond Halley publicly predicts the periodicity of Halley's Comet and computes its expected path of return in 1757.[6]
Births
- 21 February - Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, naval officer (died 1781)
- 11 April - William Cookworthy, chemist (died 1780)
- 23 July - Francis Blomefield, topographer (died 1752)
- 30 August - David Hartley, philosopher (died 1757)
- 21 September (bapt.) - Dick Turpin, highwayman (died 1739)
- 28 September - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, statesman (died 1774)
- 23 November - Thomas Birch, historian (died 1766)
Deaths
- 17 January - John Ray, naturalist (born 1627)
- 12 July - Titus Oates, conspirator (born 1649)
References
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