- Feb 28 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
- Mar 16 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
- Apr 8 Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan
- Jul 12 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
- Jul 21 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
- Aug 4 Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
- Sep 17 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
- Sep 30 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
- Oct 12 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
