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• Claas Teunisz van den Bos, Schipluiden († 1769)
• Maria Herinx, Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna-Maria Jan Hollanders, Groot Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1762)
• , Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, x, The Netherlands
• Johannes Krop, Leiden, Hooglandsche kerk
• Bartholomeus van Berck, Niel (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1720)
• Geertje Netterts, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Franciscus Claessen van de Laar, Gemert († 1777)
• Dympna Helsen, Olen († 1719)
• Benjamin Osborn, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1734)

• Joanna Ramekers, Klimmen (Voerendaal), Limburg, Nederland
• Pieter Groot de (63), heukelum, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pieter Franciscus Antonius (De) Fariseau (76), Brussel, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium
• Maria Ariens Arkesteijn (16)
• Antonius Goethuys (0), Rillaar, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Pieter Jacobsz Kroon (34), Zunderdorp
• Mary Frost (38), Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jeanne Joseph Prevot (0), Troisvilles (F)
• Jan Jillesz den Otter (98), Poortugaal
• Jan Jillesz. den Otter (98), Poortugaal, Albrandswaard, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1640 » Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland († 1673)
• 1641 » Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem († 1707)
• 1725 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire († 1795)
• 1732 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop († 1812)
• 1753 » Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1754 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator († 1817)
• 1773 » Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic († 1853)
• 1801 » Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1887)
• 1815 » Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania († 1906)
• 1818 » John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts († 1867)

• 1601 » Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (b. 1547)
• 1640 » Zeynab Begum, Safavid princess (date of birth unknown)
• 1665 » Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (b. 1597)
• 1680 » Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)
• 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
• 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
• 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
• 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)

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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.
• 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 31, 1718 was about 14.0 °C.