- Feb 3 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage
Mar 25 Construction begins on evangelist George Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia
- Jun 22 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion & freedom of the press
- Jul 11 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
- Jul 17 Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV
- Aug 13 Hunger strike in Rotterdam
- Oct 8 Chinese assault on Diestpoort, Batavia
- Oct 9 Dutch governor of the East Indies Adriaan Valckenier allows the massacre of around 10,000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
- Oct 12 English evangelist George Whitefield preaches to 30,000 people in Boston in the US during the 'Great Awakening'
- Oct 17 Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia
- Oct 20 Maria Theresa becomes ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia
- Oct 28 Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
A Treatise of Human Nature
Nov 5 The third volume of philosopher David Hume's seminal work "A Treatise of Human Nature" is published by Thomas Longman
- Dec 16 Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
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