- Apr 6 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
- May 7 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
- May 29 Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia aged 11
- May 31 France, Britain & Netherlands sign accord of Paris
- Jun 9 Wreck of Dutch ship Zeewijk on the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with the loss of 72 lives, 82 survivors eventually build a boat and sail to Batavia (Jakarta) [1]
- Jun 13 Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
- Jul 17 Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor
- Sep 8 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- Oct 21 Russian & Chinese accord to correct boundaries
- Oct 29 Severe earthquake in New England
- Nov 12 France & Bavaria renew secret treaty
- Nov 15 NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
Soane Succeeds Newton
Dec 7 Physician Sir Hans Soane becomes President of the Royal Society, succeeding Sir Isaac Newton [1]
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