- Dec 6 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York
- Dec 7 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England
- Dec 13 Prussia joins Austria and Russia in signing the Treaty of Berlin, a secret treaty regarding succession to the Polish throne
Benjamin Franklin’s Words of Wisdom
Dec 28 Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
