| January 7 | Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) |
| January 19 | Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success |
| February 2 | Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London |
| February 17 | Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree |
| March 6 | Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg |
| June 12 | Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty |
| June 26 | Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement |
| July 14 | Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet |
| July 27 | Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet |
| July 27 | English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley |
| August 1 | Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England |
| September 7 | Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine |
| September 11 | French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona |
| October 7 | People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| October 20 | Georg Ludwig of Hannover crowned as King George I |
| October 31 | Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I |
| November 11 | A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street |
| November 22 | King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden |
