From 1716 to 1718, Swedenborg published a scientific periodical entitled Daedalus Hyperboreus (" The Northern Daedalus "), a record of mechanical and mathematical inventions and discoveries.

* In 1718, Handel wrote the oratorio Esther based on Racine's play.

In his youth, he wanted to present a new idea every day, as he wrote to his brother-in-law Erik Benzelius in 1718.

In December 1718 Governor Rogers wrote to the Board of Trade in London commending Hornigold's efforts to remedy his reputation as a pirate by hunting his former allies.

In 1716, Centlivre wrote The Cruel Gift, a tragedy, with Nicholas Rowe, which she followed in 1718 with one of her best-known plays, A Bold Stroke for a Wife.

Bonnet wrote to Governor Johnson to ask for clemency, but Johnson endorsed the judge's decision, and Bonnet was hanged in Charleston on 10 December 1718.

In the Bangorian controversy he wrote ( 1714 and 1718 ) in defence of Benjamin Hoadly.

Hautefeuille also conducted investigations in acoustics, investigating the action of speaking trumpets, and wrote an essay on the cause of echoes which was awarded a prize by the Academy of Bordeaux in 1718.

Spotswood arranged for a party of soldiers and sailors to try to capture the pirate, which they did on 22 November 1718.

Rabbi Yedidiah Tiah Weil ( 1721 – 1805 ), a Prague resident, who described the creation of golems, including those created by Rabbi Avigdor Kara of Prague, did not mention the Maharal, and Rabbi Meir Perels ' biography of the Maharal published in 1718 does not mention a golem.

Bianchini ( 4 vols., Rome, 1718 – 35 ; a projected fifth volume did not appear ).

Spain zealously endorsed its candidate, the Infante Don Carlos, who had been made heir by the powers in 1718 but did not enjoy universal recognition ; Austria would not to accept another Bourbon monarch in Italy.

The domain suffered from serious economic decline after that, as most domains did, but the sixth lord, Hosokawa Shigekata ( 1718 – 1785, r. 1747-1785 ) instituted a number of reforms which turned the situation around.

Hedvig Sophia's proper funeral and interment in Riddarholm Church did not take place until 1718, after the death of Carl.

Bonnet stayed on Blackbeard's ship as a guest, and did not command a crew again until summer 1718, when he was pardoned by North Carolina governor Charles Eden and received clearance to go privateering against Spanish shipping.

Its use on Spanish charts did not become mandatory until 1718.

* Chancellor of the Exchequer: Whig The Lord Denman ( 14 November – 15 December 1834 ): Denman only held the post on an acting basis as an ex officio duty of his role as Lord Chief Justice, as did the peer before him, Conservative The Lord Tenterden ( 8 August – 3 September 1827 ); the last member of the House of Lords to hold the office substantively was Whig The Viscount Stanhope ( 15 April 1717 – 20 March 1718 ).

Only when John Rich opened his new theatrical enterprise in Lincoln's Inn Fields in December 1714 did she return to the stage, appearing in playbills for Rich's company up to 1718.

The exact time by which Battle Harbour became a European settlement is unknown, but it is believed that the French did not fish north of Cape Charles before 1718.

In 1718 he would publish, in Bologna, his Concerti Grossi for two violins and basso continuo, Op.

According to an 18th-century Latin inscription pasted to the inside cover of the manuscript, the St Cuthbert Gospel was given by 3rd Earl of Lichfield ( 1718 – 1772 ) to the Jesuit priest Thomas Phillips S. J.

Elihu Yale ( April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721 ) was an American merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company settlement at Madras and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honor.

On 31 January 1688 he married Majory Scott ( d. 8 April 1746, daughter of David Scott of Scotstarvit ( d. 1718 )).

He married thirdly, c. 8 August 1676, Emma Barnard daughter of Sir Henry Barnard, by whom he had Richard Child ( 5 Feb 1680 – March 1750 ), who was created Viscount Castlemain in 1718 and Earl Tylney in 1731.

) On 8 May 1718 George I made him 1st Baron Cadogan, of Oakley, co. Buckingham, Viscount Caversham, of Caversham, co. Oxford and Earl Cadogan.

On July 8, 1718 the city was assaulted by Piemontese troops, which caused large losses in the population.

Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de Jumonville ( 8 September 1718 – May 28, 1754 ) was a French Canadian military officer.

The paths of the lava flows are still visible, those in the 16th Century and 1718 were particularly substantial, extending for over 10 km.

In 1709 he was ordained Priest at Fulham and on August 10, 1709 he was appointed ' Perpetual Curate ' of the parish of Teddington, Middlesex and left Cambridge, although he retained his Fellowship until 1718.

Volume 64, issue 10, pgs 1715 – 1718.

On 10 July 1718 he was convicted of manslaughter for having killed Bowen, another actor, in a duel which the victim had himself provoked.

Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin ( also Apraxin, ) ( October 27, 1661 – November 10, 1728, Moscow ) was one of the first Russian admirals who governed Estonia and Karelia from 1712 to 1723, general admiral ( 1708 ), presided over the Russian Admiralty since 1718 and commanded the Baltic Fleet since 1723.

Wenzel I Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein ( August 9, 1696 – February 10, 1772 ) was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718, 1732 and 1745, and 1748 and 1772.

Stede Bonnet ( c. 1688 – 10 December 1718 ) was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called " The Gentleman Pirate " because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime.

The hanging of Stede Bonnet in Charleston, 10 December 1718

On 10 November 1718, Bonnet was brought to trial before Sir Nicholas Trott, sitting in his capacity as Vice-Admiralty judge.

Bonnet was eventually hanged at White Point, in Charleston, on 10 December 1718.

He commanded from 15 January 1717 until his death at Kongsvinger during the Great Northern War on 10 October 1718.

His death at Kongsvinger in 10 October 1718 occurred only shortly before Charles XII of Sweden ’ s death on November 30, 1718, in the siege trenches of the Swedish assault on the Norwegian fortress at Fredriksten.

* Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk 10 December 1718 – 9 February 1722

Alarcón led a group of 72 people, including 10 families, into Texas on April 9, 1718.

Alarcón led a group of 72 people, including 10 families, into Texas in April 1718, where they settled along the San Antonio River.

In July 1718 Balaji negotiated a Maratha-Mughal treaty with Hussain Ali Khan, demanding the Maratha right of " chauth " ( literally: 1 / 4th of revenues ) and " sardeshmukhi " ( an additional 10 % of revenues ) of the old Mughal provinces of the Deccan.