* 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 – 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 )

Joseph Riggs ( seemingly the son of Edward Riggs ) had a house just south of the Browns ' house, at the northwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Ridgewood Road, according to a road survey of 1705.

Among his other works are a History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III ( 1688 ), an epic work numbering 900 + pages, in which he introduces long and elaborate speeches into the narrative ; editions of Euripides ( 1694 ) and of Homer ( 1711 ), also one of Anacreon ( 1705 ) which contains titles of Greek verses of his own which he hoped to publish.

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC ( 21 February 1705 – 16 October 1781 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Those holding this view include: 1600s: Sussex Baptists d. 1612: Edward Wightman 1627: Samuel Gardner 1628: Samuel Przypkowski 1636: George Wither 1637: Joachim Stegmann 1624: Richard Overton 1654: John Biddle ( Unitarian ) 1655: Matthew Caffyn 1658: Samuel Richardson 1608 – 1674: John Milton 1588 – 1670: Thomas Hobbes 1605 – 1682: Thomas Browne 1622 – 1705: Henry Layton 1702: William Coward 1632 – 1704: John Locke 1643 – 1727: Isaac Newton 1676 – 1748: Pietro Giannone 1751: William Kenrick 1755: Edmund Law 1759: Samuel Bourn 1723 – 1791: Richard Price 1718 – 1797: Peter Peckard 1733 – 1804: Joseph Priestley Francis Blackburne ( 1765 ) ( 1765 ).

* Edward O ' Brien, 1705 – 1765

* Sir Edward O ' Brien, 2nd Baronet ( 1705 – 1765 ), Irish politician and baronet

Edward was educated at North Grammar School, Boston, and then went directly to Harvard College, graduating in 1705 at age 16, he also gave the class ' Bachelor's Oration.

“ The Harvard that John Adams went to in 1750 was undergoing one of its periodic reformations, this time under the presidency of Edward Holyoke, class of 1705 .” " Through John Adams ’ four years at Harvard, the first Saturday “ was given over to the study of theology under President Holyoke ’ s supervision .”

* Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater ( 1655 – 1705 )

In 1705 the manor was conveyed to Edward Peachey, and a family settlement concerning Fawley Manor was made by William and Erlysman Peachy in 1765.

Hawke was born in London in 1705, the only son of a lawyer.

* 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician ( d. 1793 )

* July 1 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman ( b. 1705 )

* March 6 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician ( b. c. 1705 )

* March 20 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician ( b. 1705 )

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield | Lord Mansfield ( 1705 – 1793 ), whose opinion in Somerset's Case ( 1772 ) was widely taken to have held that slavery was illegal in England.

Peter King, 1st Baron King was the recorder of Glastonbury in 1705.

* Lord Mansfield ( William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ) ( 1705 – 1793 ), British jurist, presided over the Somersett Case, which confirmed slavery was not recognised by English law

He then worked for a time with Sir John Vanbrugh, helping him build Blenheim Palace for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, where he took charge from 1705, after Vanbrugh's final break with the demanding Duchess of Marlborough, and Castle Howard for Charles Howard, later the 3rd Earl of Carlisle.

* William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ( 1705 – 1793 ), Lord Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Exchequer

* William Douglas, 1st Earl of March ( died 1705 ), son of 1st Duke of Queensberry

* Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC ( c. 1705 – 1758 )

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC ( 2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793 ) was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law.

# William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ( 1705 – 1793 )

* John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne ( 1705 – 1761 )

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Foxley, MP, PC ( 28 September 1705 – 1 July 1774 in Holland House ) was a leading British politician of the 18th century.

:* David Graham, Marquess of Graham ( 1705 – 1731 ), second son of the 1st Duke, predeceased his father without issue

** James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith ( 1674 – 1705 ), second son of the 1st Duke & 1st Duchess, predeceased his mother

* Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham, 1st Baron Conyngham ( 1705 – 1781 )

* Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland ( 1705 – 1774 )

* 1st Battalion: the 38th ( 1st Staffordshire ) Regiment of Foot, raised in Lichfield in 1705 as Colonel Luke Lillingstone's Regiment, numbered as the 38th in 1751, and received the subsidiary title of 1st Staffordshire in 1782.