What happened 1718 AD

The Galileo affair was largely forgotten after Galileo's death, and the controversy subsided. The Inquisition's ban on reprinting Galileo's works was lifted in 1718 when permission was granted to publish an edition of his works (excluding the condemned Dialogue) in Florence.

1718 Gansu earthquake occurred on June 19, 1718 in Qing Empire (now China), there were an estimated 73,000 deaths.

After the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, the Treaty of Passarowitz confirmed the loss of the Banat, Serbia, and "Little Walachia" (Oltenia) to Austria. The Treaty also revealed that the Ottoman Empire was on the defensive and unlikely to present any further aggression in Europe.

Laube was born in the year 1718.

The earl of Albemarle/general, Arnold Joost van Keppel, passed away at about 48.

The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, was born in England and claimed to have invented the sandwich.

Wills Hill was a British politician born in Fairford, Gloucestershire.

In Leukerbad, Switzerland, the avalanche destroyed every building and killed 53 people.

Mary of Modena, Queen of James II of England, passed away at the age of 59.

The British fleet defeated the Spanish in the Battle of Cape Passaro.