1718

Events

  • July 21Treaty of Passarowitz signed
  • November 22 – Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times.
  • November 30 – After the death of Charles XII, Ulrika Eleonora becomes Queen of Sweden.
  • December 17Austria, Great Britain, and France declare war on Spain, launching the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
  • The Funj warrior aristocracy deposes the reigning mek and places one of their own ranks on the throne of Sennar. (History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah))

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