1718 - What happened in 1718 ?


May 1718


Sunday 15:

James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.




July 1718


Thursday 21:

Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.




August 1718


Thursday 25:

New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.




November 1718


Tuesday 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.



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