Major Events
- Jan 9 Coronation of 12-year-old Peter II Alexeyevich as Tsar of Russia takes place in Moscow
- Jan 29 John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]
- Feb 28 George Frideric Handel's opera "Siroe, re di Persia" premieres in London
- Mar 6 Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
- Apr 22 Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris
- Apr 28 82 survivors of the Dutch ship Zeewijk sail into Batavia on a hand-built boat, ten months after being shipwrecked off the western coast of Australia [1]
- May 4 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto" premieres in London
- Dec 17 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan to build the city's first synagogue
Peter III
James Cook
Cotton Mather
Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel Defoe
Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Walpole