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Events from the year 1718 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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7 January - Occasional Conformity Act repealed.^[1]
15 May - James Puckle patents the Puckle Gun, an early form of machine gun.^[2]
2 August - Quadruple Alliance formed between Britain, France, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic.^[3]
11 August - War of the Quadruple Alliance: A British fleet under Admiral Byng defeats a Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape Passaro.^[4]
17 December - War of the Quadruple Alliance: Britain, Austria and France declare war on Spain.

18 February - Robert Henry, historian (died 1790)
4 April - Benjamin Kennicott, churchman and Hebrew scholar (died 1783)
7 April - Hugh Blair, preacher and man of letters (died 1800)
17 May - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, diplomat and politician (died 1778)
23 May - William Hunter, anatomist (died 1783)
30 May - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, politician (died 1793)
5 June - Thomas Chippendale, furniture maker (died 1779)
17 June - George Howard, field marshal (died 1796)
5 July - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (died 1794)
31 July - John Canton, physicist (died 1772)
3 November - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman (died 1792)

6 January - Richard Hoare, goldsmith and banker (born 1648)
1 February - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, politician (born 1660)
18 February - Pierre Antoine Motteux, dramatist (born 1663, France)
30 July - William Penn, Quaker and founder of the Pennsylvania colony (born 1644)
22 November - Blackbeard, pirate (born c.1680)
6 December - Nicholas Rowe, poet and dramatist (born 1674)

^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. VII: Liutprand - Moralities, Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)". http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc07.m.v.html. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
^ "Royal Charters, Privy Council website". http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page44.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
^ "BBC History British History Timeline". http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-03.