| January 21 | Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha |
| January 29 | Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual |
| February 1 | Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions |
| February 2 | King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia |
| February 20 | Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna |
| February 26 | 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia |
| February 26 | Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia |
| June 9 | Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe |
| August 1 | Foundation laid for Bank of England |
| August 13 | Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris |
| September 2 | Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome |
| September 6 | VOC fires Netherlands-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare |
| September 24 | 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn |
| November 14 | 1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia |
| December 6 | 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City |
| December 19 | Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
| December 28 | 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) |
