| January 4 | England declares war on Spain and Naples |
| January 15 | Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City |
| February 2 | Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London |
| February 12 | English fleet occupies Martinique |
| March 17 | 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City |
| April 5 | British take Grenada, West Indies, from French |
| April 24 | Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty |
| May 5 | Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty |
| May 22 | Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty |
| June 15 | Austria uses 1st paper currency |
| June 28 | 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston |
| June 28 | Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power |
| June 29 | Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II |
| July 10 | Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey |
| August 14 | English fleet occupies Havana |
| August 22 | 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury |
| October 5 | Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) |
| October 6 | English troops occupy Manila Philippines |
| November 3 | England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris |
| November 3 | Spain acquires Louisiana |
| December 9 | British parliament accept Treaty of Paris |
| December 21 | James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts |
| December 31 | Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg |
