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• Cornelius Janse Brock, Loon op Zand († 1777)
• Alida BEUGELS, Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1795)
• Adrianus Jois Wijgergangs, Berlium, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1720)
• Elske Smagt, Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Christianus Smeets (Smets), Overpelt (B)
• Cornelius Adriaensen, Dongen, Noord Brabant († 1784)
• Abraham Brand, Dordrecht
• Cornelius Janse Brok, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1777)
• Esek Hopkins Commodore, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island († 1802)
• Brigitta Schakenbos, Alkemade

• Janna de Hoge, Hontenisse
• Catherine LAMBOT (34), Florennes, 5620, Namur, Belgique
• Aaltgen Jacobs Willems van Campen (95), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Goijert Adriaen Goijertz Melis (56), Tilburg
• Aaltgen Jacobs van Campen (95), Sprang
• François BRUNET
• Johannes Bentin (60), Zuidzande,Gemeente Sluis,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Agnetis Cornelius Neeske Agnes van Santvoort Sande (53), Oirschot, Nederland
• Joanna Van Looveren (3), Wuustwezel
• Joanna Van Looveren (3), Wuustwezel

• 1647 » William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician († 1720)
• 1648 » Peter II of Portugal († 1706)
• 1697 » Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer († 1754)
• 1710 » Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic († 1796)
• 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)

• 1558 » Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)

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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.
• June 26 » Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
• July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
• 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 April 26, 1718 was about 16.0 °C.