1718
1718 is the year Blackbeard was killed.
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Where 1718 fits
Why 1718 is special
His entire career as a pirate lasted about two years. The golden age of piracy was similarly short — roughly a decade — and its cultural footprint is enormously out of proportion to it.
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (4)
- 1, 2, 859, 1718
- Prime factorisation
- 2 × 859
- Digit sum
- 17
- Digital root
- 8
Representations
- Decimal
- 1718
- Binary
- 11010110110
- Octal
- 3266
- Hexadecimal
- 6b6
- Roman numeral
- MDCCXVIII
- Scientific notation
- 1.718 × 10^3
Other mathematical patterns
- Deficient number
- Semiprime
Related numbers & connections
Blackbeard was killed in 1718 after about two years as a pirate. The golden age of piracy lasted roughly a decade and its cultural footprint is enormously out of proportion to that.
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- is associated with1729
why?
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History
Blackbeard was active for around two years before being killed in 1718. Almost every visual convention of piracy in fiction derives from a period of about a decade, which is a striking ratio of myth to history.
DocumentedHistoryGeography: North American coastPeriod: 1718
Common questions
Is 1718 a prime number?
No, 1718 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1718?
The factors of 1718 are 1, 2, 859, 1718.
What is 1718 in Roman numerals?
1718 in Roman numerals is MDCCXVIII.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 1 reviewer-confirmed record, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 3 August 2026