Timeline July 1718

Events in July 1718 3

• 1644 – 1718 William Penn (1644-1718) Died 30 July 1718, aged 73 William Penn was an English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a refuge for religious dissenters and experimented with early principles of representative government. He died at his home in Berkshire, England, having spent his final years in declining health after a stroke.
• 1718 Treaty of Passarowitz signed Austria and the Ottoman Empire end their war The treaty ended the Austro-Ottoman War of 1716-1718, with the Habsburg Monarchy gaining the Banat of Temesvar, northern Serbia including Belgrade, and parts of Wallachia. It marked the high point of Habsburg territorial expansion into the Balkans and confirmed Ottoman decline in the region.
• 1718 – 1772 John Canton (1718-1772) Died 22 March 1772, aged 53 Canton was an English physicist and schoolteacher known for experiments on electricity, including an independent method for making artificial magnets and studies of atmospheric electricity. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and received its Copley Medal for his scientific work. He died in London on 22 March 1772.