1718 - What happened in 1718 ?
May 1718
Sunday 15:
James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
» May 1718
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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