1718

Years: 1715 1716 1717 - 1718 - 1719 1720 1721

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1718 in literature 1718 in music 1718 in science List of state leaders in 1718 List of religious leaders in 1718

Events

• May 15 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
• July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed
• November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times.
• November 30 - After the death of Charles XII, Ulrika Eleonora becomes Queen of Sweden

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Births

• May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician (d. 1799)
• September 18 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)

Deaths

• July 30 - William Penn
• November 22 - Blackbeard the pirate
• November 30 - Charles XII of Sweden