- Feb 10 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
- Apr 15 Great Northern War: Prussian troops occupy Swedish controlled German port of Wismar
- May 25 Great Britain and Holy Roman Empire sign the Treaty of Westminster, a defensive pact [1]
- Jun 6 French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
- Jun 25 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
- Jul 8 Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen, a Danish-Norwegian force under Peter Tordenskjold traps and defeats Swedish force
- Jul 18 Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
Battle of Petrovaradin
Aug 5 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory
Event of Interest
Oct 13 Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI's troops occupy Temesvar in Romania
Treaty of Interest
Nov 3 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Tsar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
- Nov 26 1st lion exhibited in America in Boston