| January 26 | Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne |
| January 27 | Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland |
| February 5 | Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia |
| February 12 | Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I) |
| February 19 | Georg F Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres |
| May 26 | Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French |