- Jan 26 Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne
Event of Interest
Feb 5 Methodist religious leaders John Wesley and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
Alexander's Feast
Feb 19 George Frideric Handel's opera "Alexander's Feast" premieres at the Covent Garden Theatre, London
- Mar 31 Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US
Geodesic Mission to Lapland
Apr 20 French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis begins Lapland expedition to measure latitude and shape of the earth, joined by fellow scientists Anders Celsius, Charles Etienne Louis Camus, Alexis Clairaut, and Pierre-Charles Le Monnier
Westminster Bridge Defies a King and the Church
May 20 Royal Approval is given by King George II to construct the original Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London
- May 26 Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
- Dec 3 Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton's theory that the earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere
Admirals
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Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
Suffragists