- Jan 13 British officer James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
- Jan 18 1st polar bear exhibited in America in Boston
- Feb 12 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe at site of Savannah
- May 6 First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg's academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London
- May 12 Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague
- May 17 Great Britain passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
- May 29 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld in Quebec City
- Jul 30 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
- Sep 12 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king
- Sep 15 King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons
- Sep 22 Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
- Sep 26 France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
War of the Polish Succession
Oct 10 France declares war on Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI
- Nov 7 France & Spain sign the Treaty of the Escorial (the first 'Pacte de Famille' between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain)
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