January 1 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica January 14 England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo April 5 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty April 10 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing April 21 Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord July 22 Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade July 30 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey September 1 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal September 18 Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks September 23 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade October 19 England declares war on Spain October 30 England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear
