| January 1 | J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica |
| January 14 | England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo |
| April 5 | French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty |
| April 10 | Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing |
| April 21 | Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord |
| July 22 | Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade |
| July 30 | Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey |
| September 1 | 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal |
| September 18 | Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks |
| September 23 | Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade |
| October 19 | England declares war on Spain |
| October 30 | England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear |
