Editing 1705 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[José de Grimaldo]], the Marquis of Grimaldo, becomes the head of government of Spain after being appointed by [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip V]] as the Secretary of the Universal Bureau.
* [[July 14]] &ndash; The newly-elected [[2nd Parliament of Queen Anne]] in England, last to serve before the union with Scotland that produces Great Britain, is opened by the Queen.
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Al-Husayn I ibn Ali]] becomes the first [[Bey of Tunis]], founding the [[Husainid dynasty]] that rules Tunisia until the abolition of the monarchy in [[1957]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: The [[Battle of Elixheim]] is fought near the city of [[Tienen]] (in modern-day Belgium). A troop of soldiers under the command of England's [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke of Marlborough]] kills 3,000 French troops under the command of the [[François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy|Duc de Valleroy]] and forces the retreat of the others, breaking the "Lines of Brabant". Because his soldiers have marched all night and then fought the battle over a full day, Marlborough is unable to send them in pursuit of Villeroy's troops.
* [[July 20]] &ndash; The planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] [[Planetary transits and occultations|transits]] [[Jupiter]], as seen by astronomers from Earth. The event happens again on October 4, [[1708]], but will not be seen again from Earth until October 27, [[2088]]
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: At the [[Battle of Gemauerthof]], fought in modern-day [[Latvia]], Swedish forces under the command of General [[Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt]] overwhelm a much larger force of Russian troops commanded by Count [[Boris Sheremetev]], killing 2,000 Russians and wounding as many as 3,000.
* [[July 31]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Warsaw (1705)|Battle of Warsaw]] is fought near Warsaw, Poland, in the [[Great Northern War]].
* [[August 16]]&ndash;[[August 18|18]] &ndash; In an Atlantic [[tropical cyclone]] across Cuba and Florida, four ships are lost and there are many casualties.
* [[August 31]]&ndash;[[September 5]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: The [[Siege of Zoutleeuw]] is carried out by the alliance of Dutch, English, Scottish and Holy Roman Empire troops against the French-held fortress of [[Zoutleeuw]] (in modern-day Belgium).
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[First Javanese War of Succession]]: On the island of [[Java]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (modern-day [[Indonesia]]), [[Pakubuwono I]] becomes the new [[Mataram Sultanate|Sultan of Martaram]], capturing [[Kartosuro]] and deposing [[Amangkurat III of Mataram|Sultan Amangkurat III]].
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Francis II Rákóczi]] is proclaimed as the ruler of Hungary by independence activists in [[Szécsény]] who are opposed to the rule of the Habsburg successor to Leopold I, the Holy Roman emperor Joseph I.
* [[September 24]] (O.S.) &ndash; [[Stanisław Leszczyński]] is crowned as [[King of Poland]].