Necrology 1718
This is a list of well-known people who died in 1718 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1st | Philipp Otto Vietor | Hessian reformed theologian and superintendent | 71 | |
| 6th January | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina | Italian writer and lawyer and co-founder of the Accademia dell'Arcadia | 53 | |
| January 14th | Andreas Dietrich Apel | German merchant and councilor | 55 | |
| January 16 | Johann Hugo von Lente | German lawyer, diplomat and statesman | ||
| January 17th | Johann Joachim Beselin | German lawyer and mayor of Rostock | 56 | |
| January | Nikolaes Heinsius the Younger | Dutch writer and doctor |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury | British politician and nobleman | 57 | |
| February 5th | Elisabeth Johanna of Pfalz-Veldenz | Wild and Rhine Countess of Salm-Kyrburg | 64 | |
| February 5th | Adrianus Reland | Dutch orientalist | 41 | |
| February 6th | Caspar Heinrich Horn | German lawyer and legal scholar | 61 | |
| 14th of February | Viktor I. Amadeus | Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg | 83 | |
| 14th of February | Wilhelm Heinrich | Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1702–1718) | 33 | |
| February 22 | Sigbert Heister | Austrian general | ||
| February 23 | François Nicolaas Fagel | Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Habsburg Netherlands | ||
| 27th of February | Václav Karel Holan Rovenský | Czech composer |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Jacobus le Mort | Dutch chemist and medic | 67 | |
| 3 March | Jean d'Estrées | French bishop and politician | ||
| March 11 | Guy-Crescent Fagon | French doctor and botanist | 79 | |
| March 13th | Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns | German composer | 81 | |
| March, 15 | Ferdinand von Fürstenberg | Drost in the Duchy of Westphalia | 56 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Johann Burchard Freystein | German lawyer and hymn poet | 46 | |
| April 1st | Johann Jacob Stolterfoht | German physician, professor at the University of Greifswald and city physician of Lübeck | 52 | |
| 3rd of April | Franziska Barbara | by marriage Countess von Hohenlohe, mistress of Wilhermsdorf | 51 | |
| 3rd of April | Jacques Ozanam | French mathematician | 77 | |
| 10th of April | Johannes Gezelius the Younger | Finnish-Swedish theologian | 70 | |
| 10th of April | Georg Friedrich Meinhart | German Protestant theologian | 67 | |
| April 15th | Antonio Grano | Italian painter | ||
| April 18 | Michael Wening | German engraver | 72 | |
| 20th of April | James Petiver | British botanist and entomology | ||
| April 21 | Philippe de La Hire | French mathematician | 78 | |
| April 21 | Bandino Panciatichi | Italian clergyman and cardinal | 88 | |
| April 25 | Michael Multiply | German theologian | 58 | |
| 26th of April | Maria Eleonore von Dernbach | German sovereign | 38 | |
| 26th of April | Henry Tew | English politician and officer | ||
| April 29 | Christoph Heinrich von Kanitz | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Lieutenant General and manor owner |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Gottfried Suevus the Younger | German legal scholar | 66 | |
| May 3rd | Zwi Hirsch Ashkenazi | Rabbi and Talmudic scholar | ||
| May 6th | Johann Paul Hebenstreit | German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian | 53 | |
| May 7th | Maria Beatrice d'Este | Daughter of Alfonso IV d'Este, wife of Jacob II of England | 59 | |
| May 15 | Stephan Anton Mdzewski | Titular Bishop of Calama, auxiliary bishop in Lutsk and Gniezno, there also official and vicar general. 1703 consecrated bishop acts in Breslau | ||
| May 18 | Arvid Karlsteen | Swedish medalist, coin maker and miniature painter | 71 | |
| May 19th | Juan Andrés de Ustariz de Vertizberea | Spanish governor | 62 | |
| May 22 | Gaspard Abeille | French clergyman and playwright | ||
| 23. May | Jacobus Sackmann | German Protestant theologian | 75 | |
| 30th May | Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle | Favorite of King Wilhelm III, English and Dutch commander | ||
| 30th May | Bernard Nieuwentijt | Dutch philosopher and mathematician | 63 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Georg Lybecker | Swedish baron and lieutenant general in the Swedish army | ||
| June 24th | Ludwig Friedrich I. | Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 50 | |
| June 24th | Mathias Prininger | Austrian bell founder of the Baroque era | ||
| June | Sudfeld Vick | builder |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of July | Alexei of Russia | Russian Tsarevich (Crown Prince); Son of Tsar Peter I. | 28 | |
| July 11th | Caspar Loescher | German Lutheran theologian, university professor, university rector | 82 | |
| July 12 | Hermann Alexander Roëll | Dutch Reformed theologian and philosopher | ||
| July 18th | Friedrich Adolf | Count of Lippe-Detmold (1697–1718) | 50 | |
| 21 July | Sabbatai Ben Josef | Jewish writer, scholar, bibliographer and publisher who worked in Poland, Bohemia, Holland and Silesia | ||
| July 28th | Étienne Baluze | French historian | ||
| July 28th | Ewald von der Osten-Sacken | Chancellor in the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia, member of the ducal high council and district administrator of Pilten | ||
| 30th July | William Penn | founded the Pennsylvania colony | 73 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Joël de Cournuaud | Prussian lieutenant general |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the 9th of September | Diego Ladron de Guevara | Bishop of Quito and Viceroy of Peru | ||
| September 10 | Matthias Stein | Lawyer and university professor | 58 | |
| September 18 | Johann Rudolf Rudolf | Swiss theologian | ||
| 21st September | Johann Philipp | Count of Isenburg (1685-1718) | 62 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 14th | Joachim Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg | royal Prussian lieutenant general, chief of a battalion on foot, governor of Angerburg | 72 | |
| October 18 | Ignatius Desiderius of Peutingen | Stiftsdekan in Ellwangen (Jagst) and founder of the Ellwangen Jesuit College | 77 | |
| October 19th | Henri d'Harcourt | Marshal and Peer of France | 64 | |
| 23rd October | Johann Caspar Posner | German physicist and rhetorician | 47 | |
| October 25 | Johann Michael | German Lutheran theologian | 80 | |
| October 31 | Johanna Ursula von Geusau | German hymn poet |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd | Karl Wilhelm | Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | 66 | |
| November 5th | Hieronymus Ambrosius Long Coat | German Catholic priest, theologian, scholar and scientist | 76 | |
| November 5th | Camille Le Tellier de Louvois | French cleric | 43 | |
| November 7th | Vincenzo Bichi | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 79 | |
| 15th of November | Moritz Wilhelm | Duke of Saxony-Zeitz | 54 | |
| November 17th | Philipp Ludwig Probst | Princely Brunswick-Lüneburg Prime Minister and Chancellor | 85 | |
| 22nd of November | Blackbeard | English pirate |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5th | Johann Friedrich Willading | Swiss statesman and mayor | ||
| 6th of December | Johann Franz von Crone | Brandenburg Major General | ||
| 6th of December | Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels | German doctor, scientist and university professor | 85 | |
| 6th of December | Nicholas Rowe | English civil servant, poet and playwright | ||
| December 7th | Rudolf Emanuel Passavant | Merchant in Frankfurt am Main | 77 | |
| 9th of December | Vincenzo Maria Coronelli | Italian cartographer, cosmographer and manufacturer of globes | 68 | |
| 10th of December | Stede Bonnet | pirate | ||
| 11th December | Charles XII. | King of Sweden (1697–1718) and Duke of Zweibrücken in personal union | 36 | |
| 13th December | Johann Arnoldi | Graflich-Stolbergischer Hofrat and Vice-Mining Captain of the County of Stolberg | 70 | |
| 19. December | Johannes Bohn | German medic | 78 | |
| 21st December | Cai Burchard from Ahlefeldt | German colonel, member of the state parliament and holder of the Dannebrog order | 47 | |
| 25 December | Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer | Baroque plasterer and sculptor | 58 | |
| 25 December | Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich to the canal | Prince-Bishop of Paderborn and Münster | 60 | |
| December 26th | Maximilian Karl | German nobleman, first prince from the Löwenstein family | 62 | |
| December 26th | Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Younger | German medic | 76 | |
| December 28th | Johann Brokoff | Bohemian baroque sculptor | 66 | |
| December 28th | Benoîte Rencurel | Seer | 71 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Poisson de Bourvallais | French financier | |||
| Giulio Broggio | Builder and architect of the Baroque in Bohemia | |||
| Alexander Douglas | Scottish politician, member of the House of Commons | |||
| Johann Adam Kurrer | Württemberg lawyer, mayor of Tübingen | 54 | ||
| Giovanni Antonio Matera | Italian painter | |||
| Bernd Christian von Schoenebeck | Royal Prussian major general and commander of Kolberg | |||
| Johann Schorn | Austrian lute and violin maker | |||
| Godefridus Sittartz | Jesuit and Superior in Arnsberg | |||
| Sultan ibn Saif II | Imam of Oman (1711-1718) | |||
| Giulio Taglietti | Italian violinist and Baroque composer | |||
| Nikolaus Wurmstich | German master mason, Baroque architect |