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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s

Years: 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 - 1718 - 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723

Events

May 15 - James Puckle[?], a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed

Births

May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician (+ 1799)

Deaths

Charles XII of Sweden
November 22 - Blackbeard the pirate

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