January 29 John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London February 28 Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London March 6 Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo April 22 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris May 4 Georg F Handels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London December 17 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue December 23 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin
