What Happened in 1705

Major Events

  • Jul 12 Ottoman army officer Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī proclaims himself Bey of Tunis, founding the Husainid Dynasty (dynasty rules till 1957)
  • Oct 1 Parliament declares Hungary independent, French Rákóczi becomes king
  • Oct 15 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
  • Nov 23 Nicholas Rowe's play "Ulysses" premieres in London
  • Dec 26 Fateh Singh (6) and Zorawar Singh (7), sons of Guru Gobind Singh, are murdered by Wazir Khan for refusing to convert to Islam; they are now among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism
  • Dec 29 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon's play "Idoménée" premieres in Paris

Born in 1705

  • Jan 14 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor and governor of the Mascarene Islands, born in Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France (d. 1786)
  • Jan 24 Farinelli [Carlo Broschi], Italian castrato (considered one of the great opera singers), born in Andria, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1782)
  • Feb 6 Johann Matthias Leffloth, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1731)
  • Feb 15 Charles-André Van Loo, French Rococo painter, born in Nice, France (d. 1765)
  • Feb 21 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay) (d. 1781)

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Who Died in 1705

  • Jan 4 Madame d'Aulnoy [Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville], French writer who coined the term fairytales, dies (d. 1650)
  • Jan 12 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, dies at 70
  • Jan 15 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
  • Jan 17 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
  • Feb 1 Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), dies at 36

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