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1705| 1689–1724 | UK [horse-racing] | The Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin Arab, the horses from which all modern thoroughbreds are descended in the male line, are imported to England from the Middle East and north Africa. | | 1705 | North America [legislation] | Massachusetts declares mixed marriages illegal, and sets a fine of $50 to any minister who marries a white person and a black person. The law is repealed in 1843. | | 1705 | England [literature and language] | Dutch-born English writer Bernard de Mandeville publishes his verse satire The Grumbling Hive, or Knaves Turned Honest. A revised version appears as The Fable of the Bees in 1714. | | 1705 | North Africa, Ottoman Empire [political events] | Hussein ibn Ali, bey (leader) of the janissaries (Ottoman bodyguard) of Tunis, seizes power in Tunisia. Ottoman sovereignty becomes purely nominal from this time and Hussein's descendants, known as the Husseinite dynasty, remain in power until the 20th century. | | 5 May 1705 | Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | Following the death of the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I of Austria, he is succeeded by his son Joseph I. |
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