| January 8 | Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested |
| February 6 | England and Netherlands renew alliance |
| February 10 | Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France |
| April 4 | Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar |
| April 8 | Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece |
| April 15 | Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar |
| June 5 | England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty |
| June 6 | 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana |
| June 25 | Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands |
| July 18 | Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels |
| August 1 | 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) |
| August 1 | Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed |
| August 5 | Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks |
| September 6 | 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) |
| September 14 | 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor) |
| October 9 | England and France sign treaty |
| October 13 | Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar |
| November 3 | Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom |
| November 26 | 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) |
