Notable Deaths - 1718
1718 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648) |
Jan 6 |
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664) |
Jan 17 |
Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader |
Feb 1 |
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660) |
Feb 18 |
Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) |
Feb 23 |
Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 |
May 7 |
Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) |
May 30 |
Arnold Joost van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 |
May 30 |
Bernard Nieuwentyt, physician/theologist, dies at 63 |
Jul 28 |
Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630) |
Jul 30 |
William Penn, English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (No cross, no crown), dies at 73 |
Aug 4 |
René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656) |
Aug 6 |
Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 |
Nov 22 |
Blackbeard, notorious English pirate, dies in battle at 38 |
Nov 30 |
Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway at 36 |
Dec 6 |
Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) |
Dec 9 |
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650) |
Dec 11 |
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten |
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