- Jan 21 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
- Jan 29 Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
- Feb 1 Parliament of Ratisborn accepts Pragmatic Sanctions
- Feb 2 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
- Feb 20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
- Feb 26 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
- Jun 9 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
- Aug 1 Foundations laid for Bank of England
- Sep 2 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
- Sep 6 VOC dismisses Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare
- Nov 14 First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
- Dec 6 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York
- Dec 13 Prussia joins Austria and Russia in signing the Treaty of Berlin, a secret treaty regarding succession to the Polish throne
Event of Interest
Dec 19 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
Benjamin Franklin
- Dec 28 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette)