About the day » Friday May 6, 1718Calender converter

• Elizabeth Yancey, Virginia
• Henricus Brekelmans, Helvoirt († 1775)
• Anje Siwerts
• Henricus BERKELMANS, Helvoirt, 3704, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1787)
• Cornelis Kaal, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Snoeij, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Christina Anna Van Der Linden, Ravenstein
• Gijsbert Everts, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1721)
• A(Aleijdis) Gasthuis, Albergen
• Helena GERETS, Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands

• Leendert Bastiaans De GELDER (43)
• Maarten Cornelisse de Lint (41)
• Elisabeth Jansen Rieke, Papenburg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Andreas ( Loys ) Loeys (38), Knokke
• Maria Maximiliana von Lamberg (46)
• Maria Maximiliane Michaela Francesca van Lamberg (46)
• Andreas Joannes ( Loys ) Loeys (3), Knokke
• Hendrick Thijsse van Luenen (73)
• Heino "Heidenreich" Sahlmers (56), Stadtlohn-Wessendorf, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Joanna Mechelaere (74), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1668 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright († 1747)
• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer († 1755)
• 1713 » Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic († 1780)
• 1714 » Anton Raaff, German tenor († 1797)
• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)

• 1596 » Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
• 1631 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
• 1638 » Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)

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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 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.

The temperature on May 6, 1718 was about 17.0 °C.