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Born on Tuesday October 25, 1718
- Anna Stapleton, Flamberds in Harrow, Middlesex, England († 1767)
- Jacob Joon († 1718)
- Anna Dorothea Brust, Darmstadt (Duitsland) († 1720)
- Alida Muller, Delft
- Cornelis Corneli De Jongh, Dreumel, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Helene Blanchard Aucoin (Wife of Alexis II Aucoin), Cobequid, Colchester County, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1782)
- Joannes Metrens, Betekom
- Godefridus Cauwenberch, Breda
- Jacobus Neagle, Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1804)
- Anna Dorothea Brust, Darmstadt (Duitsland) († 1720)
Died on Tuesday October 25, 1718
- ferdenandus de molde (4), amsterdam
- Johannes Huyberts Brandenburgh (70), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Johannes Huijbertsz Brandenburg (70), Enkhuizen
- Christina M Fleischhauer
- Johannes Brandenburg* (70), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Nicolas LALAU (66), Paroisse St Germain-Amiens, 80000, Somme, Picardie, FRANCE
- Marie Jeanne CRIGNON, Paroisse St Jacques Peut-être-Amiens, 80000, Somme, Picardie, FRANCE
- Jean Baptiste GRAULT, Paroisse St Jacques Peut-être-Amiens, 80000, Somme, Picardie, FRANCE
- Philip Vermaat (32), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Margareta Van Waelewijck (66), Meise, Vlaams-Brabant, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 25, 1718 at Delpher
Born on October 25
- 1683 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1757)
- 1692 » Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain († 1766)
- 1709 » Georg Gebel, German organist and composer († 1753)
- 1714 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge († 1799)
- 1736 » Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer († 1824)
- 1743 » Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont († 1812)
- 1749 » Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain († 1802)
- 1754 » Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New Jersey († 1802)
- 1755 » François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander († 1820)
- 1757 » Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman († 1831)
Died on October 25
- 1647 » Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1651 » Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551)
- 1683 » William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)
- 1733 » Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)
- 1757 » Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)
- 1760 » George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- 1806 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
- 1826 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
- 1833 » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
- 1852 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
Names that were popular for boys in 1718
Names that were popular for girls in 1718
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1718
- This page is only available in Dutch.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.