| January 4 | Benjamin Franklin arrives in London |
| February 20 | 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty |
| March 2 | Georg F Handels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London |
| April 30 | Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna |
| May 1 | Spain and Austria sign trade treaty |
| September 3 | England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover |
| September 5 | French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski |
| November 5 | Spain and Austria sign secret treaty |
| November 11 | Georg F. Handels opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London |
