| January 22 | Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia |
| March 27 | Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine |
| April 17 | Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems |
| July 8 | English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York |
| July 24 | George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess |
| July 26 | British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg |
| August 8 | British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg |
| August 14 | Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed |
| August 25 | Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed |
| August 29 | New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation |
| September 12 | Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog |
| October 14 | Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia |
| November 25 | Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French |
| December 25 | Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return |
| December 31 | British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal |
