| January 3 | East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed |
| January 15 | Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism |
| February 3 | Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills |
| February 11 | Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the U.S., opened |
| March 23 | Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later |
| May 10 | Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod |
| May 11 | 1st U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia) |
| June 3 | Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire |
| June 5 | Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter |
| June 6 | 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed |
| June 9 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India |
| June 10 | Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! |
| June 15 | Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment |
| September 1 | Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia |
| September 2 | Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies |
| September 2 | Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) |
| September 3 | This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives |
| September 3 | U.S. adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14) |
| September 14 | U.S. and England adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) |
| October 18 | Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" |
| November 3 | Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation |
| November 11 | Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna |
