| February 28 | Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City |
| February 28 | Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 |
| February 29 | French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 |
| April 17 | 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell |
| April 24 | "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in U.S., forms |
| May 1 | Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad |
| May 20 | Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York |
| July 12 | Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland |
| July 24 | English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar |
| August 2 | Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim |
| August 3 | English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar |
| August 4 | War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar |
| August 13 | French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany |
| August 24 | Sea battle at Malaga |
| August 25 | Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet |
