- Jan 30 England & Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
Kalabalik at Bender
Feb 1 The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bender - Ottoman troops of sultan Ahmed III attack camp and seize his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden
- Feb 10 Netherlands & Britain sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
- Feb 18 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao
- Feb 27 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
- Mar 5 Handel's "Jubilate" first performance in a public rehearsal at St. Paul's Cathedral, London
- Mar 27 Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht
- Apr 11 Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, Savoy, Portugal & France agree the Treaty of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces in North America to Britain
- Apr 12 Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom
Pragmatic Sanction
Apr 19 Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction, decreeing that Habsburg possessions could be inherited by a daughter
Vivaldi's First Opera
May 17 Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi's first opera "Ottone in villa" opens at Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza, Republic of Venice (now Italy)
- Jun 23 The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada
- Jul 7 Handel's "Te Deum" & "Jubilate" officially premieres in a thanksgiving service celebtrating the Treaty of Utrecht
- Jul 27 Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty
- Sep 8 Pope Clemens XI publishes decree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism
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