Event of Interest
Jan 25 Tsar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
Peter the Great
- Mar 9 British Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
- Mar 27 France & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
Event of Interest
Apr 3 Robert Walpole becomes Britain's 1st Lord of the Treasury - effective Prime Minister, although that term was never officially used (indeed, it was considered an insult) until much later
Robert Walpole
- May 8 Michelangiolo dei Conti succeeds Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
- May 25 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
- May 29 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
- Jun 13 England signs Treaty of Madrid
- Jun 26 Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America
- Aug 30 Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
- Oct 22 Tsar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
- Nov 1 Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself