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• Jean-Pierre VILLENEUVE, Québec (Charlesbourg) († 1792)
• Elisabeth Simmer, Breidenbach, Kreis Biedenkopf († 1755)
• Anna Catharina Van den Broeck, Tielen,, Antwerpen, België
• antoine LEJEUNE, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Catharina De Wolf, Wieze († 1748)
• Gervais TOUCHARD, Sainte-Suzanne, 53270, France († 1785)
• Antonius Gerardus Theodori van Pincxten, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Amie Bowen, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1724)
• Aeltie Dirks van Wespen
• Anna Margarethe Schmitt, Pfalzel, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• Martijntje Philips Engelvaart (38), Westkerke
• Adrianus de Valck (65), Stoppeldijk
• Marie Anne Fernandine d'Yve
• Dieudonnée JASY (58), Vedrin, Namur, Belgique
• Geertje Jans van Scharrenburgersteegh (38)
• Adriana du Pon (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dieudonnée Thiry JASY (63), Vedrin,5020,Namen,Wallonië,BELGIË
• N. N Boot, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jean-François BENOIST (26), Tourlaville, 50
• Martijntje Philips (Engelvaart) (38), Westkerke (Tholen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1622 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man († 1686)
• 1686 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright († 1758)
• 1701 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns († 1771)
• 1711 » Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine († 1741)
• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)

• 1674 » Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
• 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
• May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
• July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
• November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
• November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
• December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

The temperature on October 15, 1718 was about 12.0 °C.