| January 24 | German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor |
| February 1 | Sardinia and Austria sign alliance |
| February 2 | British Walpole government resigns |
| February 9 | British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford |
| February 16 | Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier |
| April 13 | George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin) |
| May 17 | Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians |
| May 28 | 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) |
| June 9 | Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia |
| June 11 | Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove |
| July 28 | Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty |
| August 29 | Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist |
| September 24 | Faneuil Hall opens to public |
| November 18 | Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant |
| December 1 | Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia |
| December 13 | Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes |
