Births on May 17

Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness

Born on May 17, 1718

Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1778)

Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, (17 May 1718 – 16 May 1778), known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician.

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Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Secretary of State for the Southern Department

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Events on 1718

7 May

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
22 Nov

Blackbeard
Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.