* 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 )

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

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

* October 17 – William Cookworthy, English chemist ( 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.

In 1705, the sergeant in charge of the fort and the sultan captured the English explorer William Dampier, seized his ship, looted its cargo, and threatened all aboard with execution.

* 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

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

Pike's Land was the first name given to a grant of by William Penn to Joseph Pike from County Cork, Ireland, in 1705.

The town of Hatboro is located on land purchased from William Penn by the family of Nicholas More around 1705.

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

* George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1624 – 1705 ) − ruled from 1665 to this death from Celle Castle as the last " Heath Duke " of the House of Welf

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 ).

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 was born on 2 March 1705, at Scone Palace in Perthshire, Scotland, the fourth son of the 5th Viscount of Stormont and his wife, Margaret, née Scott, and one of eleven children.

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

A new county jail, built between 1701 and 1705 by William Wakefield, was placed on the south side, closely resembling the fashionable work of John Vanbrugh.

Its attractions include several restaurants, pubs, a cinema housed in the town hall building, and a museum devoted to the chemist William Cookworthy, born in Kingsbridge in 1705.

* William Cookworthy ( 1705 – 1780 ), the discoverer of English china clay and producer of the first English porcelain, was born in the town.

* 1705 / 06 William Drury Robert Brentnall

Inherited the territory of Lüneburg and the duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg from his uncle George William in 1705.

* William Scott ( Irish lawyer ) ( 1705 – 1706 ), Irish lawyer

Fort William and Mary in 1705

Jonathan Swift worked for William Temple during the time of the controversy, and Swift's A Tale of a Tub ( 1703 / 1705 ) takes part in the debate.