| January 14 | Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne |
| April 1 | Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War |
| April 1 | Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters |
| April 6 | Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs |
| April 7 | Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig |
| April 16 | 1st Easter observed |
| June 23 | Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople |
| October 13 | Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters |
| October 15 | Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church |
| December 9 | Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London |
| December 23 | Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands |
| December 24 | Benjamin Franklin arrives in London |
