Events from the year 1718 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events January – France declares war on Spain, leading to the 2-year War of the Quadruple Alliance. May 7 – New Orleans is founded.
November 18 – Voltaire's first play, Oedipus, premières at the Comédie-Française in Paris. This is his first use of the pseudonym.
Births January 29 – Paul Rabaut, Huguenot pastor (d. 1794) October 19 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
Deaths February 18 – Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) April 3 – Jacques Ozanam, mathematician (b. 1640) April 27 – Jacques Bernard, theologian (b. 1658) May 22 – Gaspard Abeille, lyric and tragic poet (b. 1648) June 13 – Louis, Count of Armagnac, noble (b. 1641) July 28 – Étienne Baluze, scholar (b. 1630) September 12 – Louise de Maisonblanche, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France (b. 1676) October 19 – Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt, noble (b. 1646)
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