| April 6 | Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover |
| May 7 | Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia |
| May 29 | Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia |
| May 31 | France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris |
| June 13 | Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris |
| July 17 | Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor |
| October 21 | Russian and Chinese accord to correct boundaries |
| October 29 | Severe earthquake in New England |
| November 12 | France and Bavaria renew secret treaty |
| November 15 | New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath |