| February 3 | Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily |
| June 22 | King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press |
| July 11 | Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews |
| July 11 | Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne |
| July 17 | Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV |
| August 13 | Hunger strike in Rotterdam |
| October 8 | Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia |
| October 9 | Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia |
| October 17 | Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia |
| October 20 | Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia |
| October 28 | Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia |
| December 16 | Prussian Libya falls to Silezie |
