- Jan 10 Charles Farnese becomes Duke of Parma and Piacenza
"Poro"
Feb 2 George Frideric Handel's opera "Poro" premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England
- Mar 5 Mission San Francisco de la Espada, first of the San Antonio missions, reestablished by Spanish missionaries on the bank of the San Antonio River [1]
- Mar 16 Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson.
- Mar 24 Jerome (aka Hieronimus) de Salis naturalised as British by Act of Parliamentary.
- Apr 9 British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear is cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, catalyst for a later war between Britain and Spain
- May 28 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
William Allen Grand Master
Jun 24 Freemason and Mayor of Philadelphia William Allen is appointed Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania, the first and youngest Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Edwards First Sermon
Jul 8 Theologian Jonathan Edwards preaches his sermon "God Glorified in Man's Dependence" in Boston, later his first published sermon
First Library in North America
Nov 8 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the north American colonies, the Library Company of Philadelphia
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