| January 8 | Georg F Handels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg |
| April 16 | Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College |
| April 23 | Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London |
| October 1 | Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king |
| October 15 | English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona |
| November 23 | Nicholas Rowe's "Ulysses," premieres in London |
| December 29 | Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenee," premieres in Paris |