1718 (MDCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1718th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 718th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1718, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s – 1710s – 1720s 1730s 1740s |
| Years: | 1715 1716 1717 – 1718 – 1719 1720 1721 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1718 MDCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2471 |
| Armenian calendar | 1167 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6468 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1639–1640 |
| Bengali calendar | 1125 |
| Berber calendar | 2668 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Geo. 1 – 5 Geo. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2262 |
| Burmese calendar | 1080 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7226–7227 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4414 or 4354 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4415 or 4355 |
| Coptic calendar | 1434–1435 |
| Discordian calendar | 2884 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1710–1711 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5478–5479 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1774–1775 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1639–1640 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4818–4819 |
| Holocene calendar | 11718 |
| Igbo calendar | 718–719 |
| Iranian calendar | 1096–1097 |
| Islamic calendar | 1130–1131 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 3 (享保３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1641–1643 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4051 |
| Minguo calendar | 194 before ROC 民前194年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 250 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2260–2261 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1844 or 1463 or 691 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1845 or 1464 or 692 |
Events
change- July 21 – Treaty 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 17 – Austria, 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))
Births
change- March 31 - Mariana Victoria of Spain, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781)
- November 3 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)
Deaths
change- May 7 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (b. 1658)
- July 30 - William Penn, American settler, founder of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
- November 22 - Blackbeard, English pirate (b. c. 1680)
- November 30 - King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
- December 10 - Stede Bonnet, the "gentleman pirate"