About the day » Wednesday May 25, 1718Calender converter

• Hilligje Lukas ten Kate, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1775)
• Arie Verkroos, Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Bervoets, Wechelterzande († 1791)
• Claude François BRON, Morzine, 74110, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE († 1781)
• Justina Gerarts van Gerven, Bakel en Milheeze
• Anna de BRUIJN, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1796)
• Jeanne Fayol, Chomérac († 1735)
• Marie DONIER, Morzine, 74110, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE († 1782)
• Cornelius Marijnis Jongenelen, Zegge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Lysbeth Quaadgras, Pieterskerk (Leiden), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands) († 1750)

• Francois FAROUAULT (57), Juvigné, 53123, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
• Ana de Senne Cordeiro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Johannes van Lathum, Utrecht
• Johannes van Rossum, Geertekerkhof, Utrecht, Nederland
• Kornelis Knoester (0), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) (Zuid-Holland)
• Françoise MISSILIER (79), Le Grand-Bornand, 74136, Haute Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Kornelis Aries Knoester (0)
• Maria van Mierlo (25), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Sarah Hayden (55), Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Johannes Helm (53), Brücken, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• 1606 » Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint († 1649)
• 1661 » Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher († 1737)
• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)

• 1595 » Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (b. 1567)
• 1607 » Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (b. 1566)
• 1632 » Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)

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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.
• 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 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 May 25, 1718 was about 17.0 °C.