| January 30 | England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty |
| February 10 | Netherlands and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier |
| February 18 | French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao |
| February 27 | French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao |
| March 27 | Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar |
| April 11 | Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty |
| April 12 | Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom |
| April 19 | Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions |
| July 7 | 1st performance of Georg F Handel's "To Deum" and "Jubilate" |
| July 27 | Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty |
| August 13 | King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia |
| September 8 | Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism" |
