1718

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s

Years: 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 - 1718 - 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723

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

Year in topic

• 1718 in literature
• 1718 in science

Births

• May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician (+ 1799)

Deaths

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