| January 6 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow |
| January 8 | England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance |
| February 15 | Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London |
| February 18 | Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland |
| February 20 | Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland |
| March 9 | Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston |
| March 31 | Jews are expelled from Prague |
| April 2 | Austria and Bavaria sign peace |
| May 11 | Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war |
| June 4 | Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria |
| June 4 | Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons |
| June 16 | English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River |
| June 17 | American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French |
| June 22 | Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland |
| July 1 | Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle |
| July 9 | Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion |
| July 12 | Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle |
| July 23 | Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides |
| July 24 | Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII |
| August 3 | Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides |
| August 5 | Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots |
| August 16 | Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots |
| August 20 | Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland |
| August 26 | England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty |
| August 31 | Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland |
| September 12 | Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus |
| September 17 | Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders |
| September 21 | Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army |
| September 22 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army returns to Edinburgh |
| September 28 | Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland |
| October 14 | French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland |
| November 11 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England |
| November 18 | Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle |
| November 28 | French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York |
| November 29 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle |
| December 4 | Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby |
| December 6 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland |
| December 10 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester |
| December 15 | Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria |
| December 17 | Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland |
| December 20 | Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk |
| December 25 | Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden |
| December 25 | Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians |
| December 31 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk |