| February 14 | Handels opera Rinaldo, premieres |
| February 24 | Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London |
| March 1 | "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) |
| March 8 | Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder |
| April 17 | Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria |
| May 1 | Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar |
| August 1 | Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov |
| August 23 | Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence |
| September 22 | French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro |
| October 12 | Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor |
| December 31 | Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander |
