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Year 1718 (MDCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Golden Age of Piracy (1700-1730 was rife in the Caribbean influencing trade in the world's main centres Events and trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving Pianos World leaders Louis XV King of France Events and trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Events and trends Frederick II ascends the throne of Prussia, upon the death of his father " Frederick William I of Prussia " This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. The year 1718 in architecture involved some significant events Events Paintings Births April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born The year 1718 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Laurence Euston made British Poet Laureate Works published Alexander Pope, translator Homer's The year 1718 in music involved some significant events Events Antonio Vivaldi tours Italy The year 1718 in Science and Technology involved some significant events Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Events 7 January - Occasional Conformity 1717 state leaders - Events of 1718 - 1719 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor of Angola ( 1717 - 1722) Macau Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Saturday ( Dominical letter B) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1718 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events of 1718

January - June

• January - France declares war on Spain leading to the two-year War of the Quadruple Alliance. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The War of the Quadruple Alliance ( 1718 – 1720) was a result of the ambitions of King Philip V of Spain, his wife Isabella Farnese and his chief
• January 19 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu gives birth to a daughter. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( 26 May 1689 &ndash 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer

• May - Blackbeard leads 300 sailors in four ships to blockade the port of Charleston, South Carolina, in late May. MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Edward Teach (tɛtʃ c 1680 – November 22, 1718) better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English Pirate in the Caribbean Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The Queen Anne's Revenge and Adventure are both lost at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, one week later. Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of the pirate Blackbeard 's infamous Flagship, used by him for less than a year but an effective tool in his North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Blackbeard allows Stede Bonnet to once again command the Revenge, which is renamed the Royal James. Stede Bonnet (c 1688 – December 10 1718 was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately Bonnet rescues 25 sailors abandoned by Blackbeard on a sandbar and continues his life of piracy.
• June - Blackbeard and Bonnet take refuge in Bath, North Carolina, where Governor Charles Eden pardons them and their crew. Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule Bath is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. Charles Eden (1673 – March 17 1722) was appointed Governor of North Carolina on July 13 1713

July - December

• July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz is signed. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World The Treaty of Passarowitz or Treaty of Požarevac was the Peace treaty signed in Požarevac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пожаревац
• August 12 - New Orleans, Louisiana, is founded. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana
• October - Stede Bonnet and his crew are captured near the mouth of the Cape Fear River and taken to Charleston, South Carolina, where they are tried for piracy. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic The Cape Fear River is a long Blackwater river in east central North Carolina in the United States. All but four of Bonnet's crew are found guilty and sentenced to death.
• October 24 - Stede Bonnet escapes from prison. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat
• November 8 - 22 of Stede Bonnet's pirate crew are hanged at Charleston. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration
• November 22 - Citing violations of the amnesty agreement with Blackbeard, Virginia Governor Alexander Spottswood sends a Royal Navy contingent to North Carolina, where they battle Blackbeard and his crew in Ocracoke Inlet. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Alexander Spotswood (c 1676 - 6 June 1740 was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and a noted Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood was Ocracoke Inlet is an Estuary located in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States that separates Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Blackbeard is killed in action after receiving five musketball wounds and 20 sword lacerations.

• December 6 - After the death of Charles XII on November 30, Ulrika Eleonora becomes Queen of Sweden. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Ulrika Eleonora ( 23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741) also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen regnant "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• December 10 - Stede Bonnet is hanged at Charleston after being recaptured. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
• December 17 - Austria, Great Britain, and France declare war on Spain, launching the War of the Quadruple Alliance. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The War of the Quadruple Alliance ( 1718 – 1720) was a result of the ambitions of King Philip V of Spain, his wife Isabella Farnese and his chief

Undated

• The Funj warrior aristocracy deposes the reigning mek and places one of their own ranks on the throne of Sennar. The Funj are an ethnic group in present day Sudan. Their origins are not clearly known but they are recorded as moving into Nubia from the Sudd to the Mek is a three-issue Comic book mini-series published in 2003 by WildStorm, written by Warren Ellis, pencilled by The Funj sultanate of Sinnar, also Sennar, was a Sultanate in the north of Sudan, named Funj after the ethnic group of its dynasty or Sinnar (or Sennar (History of Sudan)
• White potato reaches New England from England. In the History of Sudan, the coming of Islam eventually changed the nature of Sudanese society and facilitated the division of the country into north and south History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Births

1718 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1718 MDCCXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2471
Armenian calendar	1167 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-126 – -125
Berber calendar	2668
Buddhist calendar	2262
Burmese calendar	1080
Chinese calendar	4354/4414-11-30 (丁酉年十一月三十日) — to — 4355/4415-11-10 (戊戌年十一月初十日)
Coptic calendar	1434 – 1435
Ethiopian calendar	1710 – 1711
Hebrew calendar	5478 – 5479
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1773 – 1774
- Shaka Samvat	1640 – 1641
- Kali Yuga	4819 – 4820
Holocene calendar	11718
Iranian calendar	1096 – 1097
Islamic calendar	1130 – 1131
Japanese calendar	Kyōhō 3 (享保3年)
Korean calendar	4051
Thai solar calendar	2261
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• January 7 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (died 1790)
• January 29 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (died 1794)
• February 17 - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (died 1790)
• March 31 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (died 1781)
• April 4 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (died 1783)
• April 7 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (died 1800)
• April 20 - David Brainerd, American missionary (died 1747)
• April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (died 1784)
• April 26 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (died 1802)
• April 27 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (died 1790)
• May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (died 1799)
• May 17 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (died 778)
• May 23 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (died 1783)
• May 30 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (died 1793)
• June 5 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (died 1779)
• June 17 - George Howard, British field marshal (died 1796)
• July 5 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (died 1794)
• July 18 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (died 1808)
• July 31 - John Canton, English physicist (died 1772)
• August 11 - Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (died 1791)
• September 18 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (died 1783)
• October 19 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (died 1804)
• October 28 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (died 1793)
• November 3 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (died 1792)
• November 5 - Tristram Shandy, the eponymous character of Laurence Sterne's 1760 novel. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Shōtoku and before Gembun. This period spanned the years from 1716 through 1736. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Israel Putnam ( January 7, 1718 &ndash May 29, 1790) was an American army General who fought with distinction at the Battle Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Paul Rabaut ( January 29, 1718 &ndash September 25, 1794) was a French pastor of the Huguenot "Church of the Desert" Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Matthew Tilghman ( February 17, 1718 – May 4, 1790) was an American planter and Revolutionary leader from Maryland, who served as Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Mariana Victoria of Bourbon (Mariana Vitória ( March 31, 1718 &ndash January 15, 1781) was Queen consort of Portugal Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Benjamin Kennicott ( April 4, 1718 &ndash September 18, 1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Hugh Blair ( April 7, 1718 &ndash December 27, 1800) was a Scottish author considered one of the first great theorists of written Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. David Brainerd, ( April 20, 1718 &ndash October 9, 1747) was an American Missionary to the Native Americans. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Nathaniel Hone ( 24 April 1718 &ndash 14 August 1784) was an Irish -born portrait and miniature painter, and one of Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Esek Hopkins ( 26 April 1718 &ndash 26 February 1802) was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Thomas Lewis ( April 27, 1718 &ndash January 31, 1790) was an Irish - American surveyor lawyer and a pioneer of early Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Maria Gaetana Agnesi ( May 16, 1718 - January 9, 1799) was an Italian linguist mathematician and philosopher Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Robert Darcy 4th Earl of Holderness PC ( 17 May 1718 &ndash 16 May 1778) known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, Events By Place Europe August 15 — Battle of Roncevaux Pass (Roncesvalles Charlemagne 's army suffers a terrible Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne William Hunter FRS ( 23 May 1718 &ndash 30 March 1783) was a Scottish Anatomist and Physician Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Wills Hill 1st Marquess of Downshire, PC ( 30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793) was a British politician of the Georgian era Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Thomas Chippendale ( Otley, near Leeds baptised - November 1779 was a London Cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Field Marshal Sir George Howard PC KB ( 17 June 1718 &ndash 16 July 1796) was a British military officer the Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess of Hertford KG PC ( 5 July 1718 – 14 June 1794) was born in Chelsea London Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Saverio Bettinelli ( July 18, 1718 &ndash September 13, 1808) was an Italian Jesuit writer Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently John Canton ( July 31, 1718 &ndash March 22, 1772) was an English Physicist. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB ( August 11, 1718 &ndash June 5, 1791) was a British army officer and governor Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Ники́та Ива́нович Па́нин () was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Victor-François 2nd duc de Broglie ( 19 October 1718 &ndash 30 March 1804) was a French Aristocrat and soldier and a Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Ignacije Szentmartony ( October 28, 1718 &ndash April 15, 1793) was a Croatian Jesuit priest born in Kotoriba Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS ( 3 November 1718 &ndash 30 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman (or more briefly Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. Laurence Sterne ( November 24, 1713 &ndash March 18, 1768) was an Irish -born English Novelist and an Anglican Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story
• date unknown - István Hatvani, Hungarian mathematician (died 1786)

See also Category: 1718 births. István Hatvani (1718–1786 was a Hungarian mathematician He worked on developing some of the earliest elements of probability theory Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Deaths

• January 6 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (born 1664)
• January 6 - Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (born 1648)
• January 17 - Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military officer (born c. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina ( January 20, 1664 &ndash January 6, 1718) was an Italian man of letters and jurist Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Sir Richard Hoare (1648&ndash 6 January 1718) was a goldsmith banker and politician Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Captain Benjamin Church (c 1639-January 17 1718 was an American carpenter military officer and Ranger during America's Colonial era and specifically King 1639)
• February 1 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (born 1660)
• February 18 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (born 1663)
• May 7 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (born 1658)
• May 30 - Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch favorite of William III of England (born 1670)
• July 28 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (born 1630)
• July 30 - William Penn, American settler, founder of Pennsylvania (born 1644)
• November 22 - Blackbeard, English pirate (born c. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Charles Talbot 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC ( 24 July 1660 &ndash 1 February 1718) was the only son of the 11th Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Peter Anthony Motteux (born Pierre Antoine Motteux, February 25, 1663 &ndash February 18, 1718) was an English author playwright Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Mary of Modena (Mary Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabel born Este later Queen Mary of England Scotland and Ireland 5 October 1658 &ndash 7 James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Arnold Joost van Keppel 1st Earl of Albemarle KG, and lord of De Voorst in Guelders (Gelderland (c William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Étienne Baluze ( November 24, 1630 - July 28, 1718) was a French scholar also known as Stephanus Baluzius. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off William Penn ( October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Edward Teach (tɛtʃ c 1680 – November 22, 1718) better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English Pirate in the Caribbean 1680)
• November 30 - King Charles XII of Sweden (born 1682)
• December 6 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (born 1674)
• December 9 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (born 1650)
• December 19 - Stede Bonnet, the "gentleman pirate" (birth unknown)

See also Category: 1718 deaths. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Nicholas Rowe (1674 &ndash 1718 English Dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715 Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Vincenzo Coronelli ( August 16, 1650 - December 9, 1718) was a Franciscan Monk, an Italian Cosmographer, Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Stede Bonnet (c 1688 – December 10 1718 was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately

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