January 21 Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha January 29 Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual February 1 Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions February 2 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia February 20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna February 26 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia February 26 Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia June 9 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe August 1 Foundation laid for Bank of England August 13 Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris September 2 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome September 6 VOC fires Netherlands-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare September 24 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn November 14 1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia December 6 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City December 19 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" December 28 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette)
