Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1705

Literature

• Joseph Addison, The Campaign, celebrates Marlborough's victory at Blenheim
• Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy
• Richard Blackmore, Eliza
• Coppinger, Session of the Poets
• Mary Davys, The Fugitive
• Daniel Defoe, The Consolidator
• Dunton, Life and Errors ???
• Bernard Mandeville, The Grumbling Hive
• John Michelburne, Ireland Preserved; or, The Siege of Londonderry
• John Philips, Blenhiem and a corrected edition of The Splendid Shilling
• Ned Ward, Hudibras Redivivus

Theatre

• Susanna Centlivre, The Gamester, Love at a Venture, and The Bassett Table
• Clayton, Arsinoë
• H. Norris, The Royal Merchant
• Nicholas Rowe, Ulysses
• Richard Steele, The Tender Husband
• John Vanbrugh, The Confederacy
• Haymarket Opera House, designed by John Vanbrugh, opens

Art

• Blenheim Palace, designed by John Vanbrugh, begun

Music

• Georg Friedrich Händel (or Handel), Almira

Science, Technology, & Medicine

• Edmund Halley correctly predicts the return of the comet that bears his name in 1758
• Queen Anne knights Isaac Newton
• The Royal Observatory is founded in Berlin

Politics & Law

• The Whigs score big victories in the elections
• The "Whig Junto"
• Marlborough pierces the lines at Brabant
• Scotland proposes a treaty with England
• Joseph Addison is appointed Commissioner of Appeals
• England captures Barcelona
• The Virginia Black Code declares that slaves have the status of real estate
• A New York law assigns the death penalty to runaway slaves caught more than forty miles north of Albany
• Massachusetts outlaws mixed-race marriages

Philosophy & Theology

• William Law enters Emmanuel College, Cambridge
• Clarke, Beings and Attributes of God
• Toland, Socinianism Truly Stated

Milestones

• Birth of Stephen Duck, poet
• Birth of David Hartley, philosopher
• Birth of David Mallet (estimated date)
• Birth of Abraham Tucker
• Birth of John Wood the Elder, architect

Miscellaneous