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1705
Years:
1702
1703
1704
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1705
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1706
1707
1708
Decades
:
1670s
1680s
1690s
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1700s
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1710s
1720s
1730s
Centuries
:
17th century
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18th century
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19th century
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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