Fahrenheit Scale
Jan 1 Glassblower Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit proposes system for making thermometers and the Fahrenheit temperature scale in a paper to the Royal Society of London and is elected a fellow on its basis
- Jan 14 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne, in favor of his son 17 year old son Louis; returns to rule in September when Louis dies of smallbox
Russian Academy of Sciences
Jan 28 The Russian Academy of Sciences founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in a Senate decree. Called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Feb 20 George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" premieres at the King's Theatre in Haymarket, London
Pelham becomes Minister
Apr 1 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Drapier's Letters
Apr 1 Jonathan Swift publishes "Drapier's Letters" a series of seven pamphlets against a privately minted copper coinage Swift saw as inferior and corrupt
Rise of Thomas Pelham-Holles
Apr 6 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
St John Passion
Apr 7 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
- Jun 23 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
- Oct 13 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters
- Oct 15 Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old Catholic church in Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Oct 31 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tamerlano" premieres at the King's Theatre in London
- Dec 7 Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Theater Premiere
Dec 9 Colley Cibber's play "Caesar in Egypt" premieres in London
Maria Elizabeth Named Land Guardian
Dec 23 Emperor Charles VI names Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria land guardian of the Austrian Netherlands
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