| May 5 | Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris |
| May 24 | People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax |
| June 11 | Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier |
| July 23 | Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia |
| August 6 | Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty |
| August 9 | Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover |
| October 11 | Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England |