1718 in History – What happened in year 1718

In history, year 1718 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1718.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1718:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
22 november	The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding partyof British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign ofterror in the Caribbean.
09 January	France declared a fight against Spain.
17 January	The avalanche destroyed kai buildings in Lookerbud, Switz, and 53 people died.
15 May	James Pakley, a London lawyer who built the world's first machine gun.
26 June	Tsarevich Aleksei Petrovich Peter's great son from Russia was sentenced for his father's death.
21 July	The Treaty of Pasarowitz was signed between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice.
11 August	Battle of Cape Passers: The British fleet destroyed Sicily of the Spanish.
15 September	Dzinger Khanate destroyed a king's army at the Battle of the Salween River.
20 October	Stede Bonnet and his crew were captured near the mouth of the Cape Fear River and transported to Charleston, South Carolina, from where everyone was convicted and sentenced to death for trying for the robbery.
22 November	Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood sent a Royal Navy contingent to North Carolina, citing a violation of the amnesty agreement with Blackbeard, where he battled Blackbeard and his crew at Oakrock Inlet. Blackbeard killed in action.
17 December	The Empire of the Roman Empire, Great Britain and the Dutch Republic France formally joined France in declaring Spain's war, triggering a quadruple coalition war.

Famous birthdays in the year 1718:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
02 October	Elizabeth Montagu / Author / United Kingdom
04 April	Benjamin Kennicott / Scholar / United Kingdom
05 July	Francis Seymour-Conway / Politician / United Kingdom
07 January	Israel Putnam / General / United States of America
07 April	Hugh Blair / Author / Scotland
11 August	Frederick Haldimand / Politician / United Kingdom
17 May	Robert Darcy / Politician / United Kingdom
17 June	George Howard / Politician / United Kingdom
18 July	Saverio Bettinelli / Poet / Italy
19 October	Victor-François / Politician / France
20 April	David Brainerd / Missionary / United States of America
21 November	Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg / Composer / Germany
24 April	Nathaniel Hone the Elder / Painter / United Kingdom
26 April	Esek Hopkins / Soldier / United States of America
27 April	Thomas Lewis / Lawyer / United States of America
28 October	Ignacije Szentmartony / Mathematician / Croatia
29 September	Nikita Ivanovich Panin / Politician / Russia
29 January	Paul Rabaut / Pastor / France
30 May	Wills Hill / Politician / United Kingdom
31 July	John Canton / Academic / United Kingdom