| February 1 | Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty |
| February 10 | Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England |
| February 11 | Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) |
| February 29 | Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns |
| May 25 | "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 |
| June 9 | Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm |
| June 10 | Mrs. Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard |
| July 3 | Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty |
| September 12 | Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor |
| October 10 | French government proclaims strike on banknotes |
| October 17 | Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris |
| November 9 | Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire |
