| February 13 | Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia |
| February 24 | Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India |
| May 1 | Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) |
| June 8 | Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City |
| July 29 | 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette |
| August 2 | Utrechtse Vroedschap flees |
| August 8 | Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money |
| August 8 | Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc |
| August 29 | Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass |
| September 4 | Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg |
| September 5 | Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium |
| September 11 | Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce |
| September 26 | England and France sign trade agreement |
| October 15 | Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City |
| October 20 | Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in U.S. |
