14 March – TheAlien Act 1705 (a response to theParliament of Scotland'sAct of Security 1704) provides that Scottish nationals in England would be treated asaliens (foreign nationals), and estates held by Scots would be treated as alien property, and also that trade embargoes would be placed on Scottish staple products, unless the Scots enter into negotiations regarding a proposedTreaty of Union of the parliaments ofScotland and England by 25 December.[2][3]
20 March (31 March N.S.) –Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar: a fleet of 35 warships from the navies of England, Portugal and the Netherlands, commanded by English AdmiralJohn Leake, arrives at the Bay of Gibraltar with English and Portuguese troop reinforcements. The French and Spanish retreat by 3 May.[4]
7 May–6 June –General election results in no clear majority for either political faction in the House of Commons but increased influence for theWhigs.[6] During the campaign there is mob violence in some constituencies.
14 July – The newly-elected2nd Parliament of Queen Anne, the last to serve before the union with Scotland that produces Great Britain, is opened by the Queen.
18 July –War of the Spanish Succession: TheBattle of Elixheim is fought near the city ofTienen in the Low Countries. Soldiers under the command of England'sDuke of Marlborough kill 3,000 French troops under the command of theDuc de Valleroy and force the retreat of the remainder, breaking the "Lines of Brabant". Because his troops are exhausted, Marlborough is unable to send them in pursuit.
25 September – Queen Anne appoints commissioners to negotiate aTreaty of Union of the parliaments of Scotland and England.[6]
3 or 4 October – 31 people are killed in a colliery explosion at the Stony Flatt pit inGateshead on Tyneside, the earliest major British colliery disaster for which there is reliable evidence.[7]
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