| March 28 | English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) |
| April 15 | Bottle opener invented |
| May 9 | England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies |
| May 24 | Methodist Church forms |
| May 27 | Turkish troops occupy Orsova and Ochakov |
| August 2 | France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey |
| November 18 | France and Austria sign peace |
| December 9 | Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia |