* 1705 – William Cookworthy, English chemist ( d. 1780 )

* Wiguläus von Kreittmayr ( 1705 – 1790 ): by marriage Lord of Offenstetten and Hatzkofen

Aeneas defeats Turnus, by Luca Giordano, 1634 – 1705.

* 1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher ( d. 1757 )

* 1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman ( b. 1705 )

In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.

For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England, and the Dutch Republic – the battle had followed an indecisive campaign against the Bourbon armies of King Louis XIV of France in 1705.

The Duke of Marlborough had intended the 1705 campaign – an invasion of France through the Moselle valley – to complete the work of Blenheim and persuade King Louis XIV to make peace, but the plan had been thwarted by both friend and foe alike.

The French moved first to Tirlemont, ( as if to threaten Zoutleeuw, abandoned by the French in October 1705 ), before turning southwards, heading for Jodoigne – this line of march took Villeroi ’ s army towards the narrow aperture of dry ground between the Mehaigne and Petite Gheete rivers close to the small villages of Ramillies and Taviers ; but neither commander quite appreciated how far his opponent had travelled.

* 1654 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician ( d. 1705 )

* 1705 – Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist ( d. 1735 )

* 1705 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer ( d. 1781 )

* 1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter ( d. 1765 )

* 1705 January – Philip V replaced Villadarias with the Marshal of France de Tessé.

* 1705 7 February – The last assault before the arrival of de Tessé was executed.

* 1705 31 March – The Count de Tessé gave up the siege and retired.

* 1705 2 August – The Archduke Charles stopped over in Gibraltar on his way to the territories of the Crown of Aragon.

John Ray ( 29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705 ) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history.

* 1705 – Farinelli, Italian castrato ( d. 1782 )

* 1752 – Francis Blomefield, English topographer ( b. 1705 )

* 1705 – Francis Blomefield, English historian ( d. 1752 )

* 1635 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian ( d. 1705 )

Besides the operas, oratorios ( Agar et Ismaele esiliati, 1684 ; Christmas Oratorio, c. 1705 ; S. Filippo Neri, 1714 ; and others ) and serenatas, which all exhibit a similar style, Scarlatti composed upwards of five hundred chamber-cantatas for solo voice.

Barcelona, which had supported the Archduke's claim to the throne of Spain and the allies in 1705, finally surrendered to the Bourbon army on 11 September 1714 following a long siege, ending the presence of the allies in Spain.

* Ductor historicus, a Short System of Universal History ( 1698, 1704, 1705, 1714, 1724 )

A large part of his diary entitled Remarks and Collections, 1705 – 1714, edited by C. E. Doble and D. W. Rannie, has been published by the Oxford Historical Society ( 1885 – 1898 ).

Queen Anne five guineas were subsequently produced in 1705, 1706, 1709, 1711, 1713 and 1714.

The reign of Queen Anne ( 1702 – 1714 ) produced pre-Union half guineas in 1702, 1703, and 1705.

Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria, Prince of Asturias ( 28 October 1692 – 6 February 1699 ) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ( 1679 – 1705, 1714 – 1726 ) and his first wife, Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Felipe IV of Spain.

* John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough ( 1705 – 1714 )

The Catalan government took sides with the Habsburg pretender against the Bourbon one during the War of the Spanish Succession that started in 1705 and ended in 1714.

The first duke was also honoured with Imperial titles: Emperor Joseph I created him a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1704, and in 1705, he was created Imperial Prince of Mindelheim ( once the lordship of the noted soldier Georg von Frundsberg ).

* Ninon de l ' Enclos ( 1615 – 1705 ): lover of the Prince of Condé and Gaspard de Coligny

In 1705, Walpole was appointed a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral ( then Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne ), a body which oversaw naval affairs.

Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk ( Thököly / Tököly / Tökölli Imre in Hungarian, Mirko Thököly in Croatian, Imrich Tököli in Slovak ; April 25, 1657 – September 13, 1705 ) was a Hungarian statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania, and ( briefly ) vassal king of Upper Hungary.

In 1705 Prince Eugene of Savoy requested Stepney's withdrawal on the grounds of his alleged favouritism towards the Hungarian insurgents, but the demand was taken back at the request of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who had great confidence in Stepney.

During three campaigns in that country he proved himself a worthy antagonist to Prince Eugène of Savoy, whom he at last defeated in 1705 at Cassano in a magnificent show of courage and command over his troops, converting the impending defeat that his indolent brother, Philippe, the Grand Prior, had incurred, into a glorious success.

In 1705 Leopold was sent with a Prussian corps to join Prince Eugene in Italy, and on August 6 fought at the Battle of Cassano.

She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705, HMS Princess in 1716 and HMS Princess Royal in 1728.

She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705, HMS Princess in 1711 and HMS Princess Royal in 1728.

From 1705 onward, all other portions of Brunswick-Lüneburg except Wolfenbüttel had been held by the Prince of Calenberg and Celle, i. e. the Elector of Hanover, but the Wolfenbüttel line retained its independence from Hanover.

* Alois John Adolf ( 1702 – 1705 ), Prince of Bavaria

In 1705, he had the fortune of being at Epsom races when Prince George of Denmark, husband of Anne of Great Britain was taken ill. Dr Arbuthnot was rushed to his side.

In addition to being a German, he also held British nationality, after successfully claiming it under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 in the case of Attorney-General-v-HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover 1 All ER 49.

Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ( or Dhaun ) ( September 24, 1705 – February 5, 1766 ), later Prince of Thiano, Austrian field marshal, was born at Vienna, as son of Count Wirich Philipp von Daun.

Being a descendant of Sophia of Hanover, and having rights under the Act of Settlement 1701, as amended by the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705, Prince Frederick was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1947 under the name Mr. Friedrich Von Preussen.

* in 1705, the French under Vendôme defeated the Imperial forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession ; the famous strategist Folard was severely wounded in this battle ;

* Georg Wilhelm ( 1624 – 1705 ), Prince of Calenberg 1648-1665, Prince of Lüneburg 1665-1705

Both territories finally merged after George William's death in 1705 to the Electorate of Hanover under John Frederick's nephew George I Louis, Prince of Calenberg.

Painted by Michael Dahl in 1705. Portrait of Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Anne's husband, Prince George of Denmark.

In 1705 he got the chance of painting the portrait of Prince George of Denmark on several canvases.