The English transport ship Duke William sank in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
French astronomer Charles Messier accidentally discovered the Crab Nebula while looking for the Halley comet.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova was arrested in Venice for his offensive remarks on religion.
The British captured Fort Beauséjour in Canada following a battle with the Arcadians, which began on June 3.
The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred.
Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Godfrey Copley Medal.
The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
Sweden changed their calendar to the Gregorian calendar, making the next day March 1 instead of February 18.
Britain skipped 11 days of the Calendar from September 3 to September 13, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar starting on this day.
Great Britain and its colonies spent their last day using the Julian calendar.
The famous Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia, US.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The discovery of Earth's wobbling motion on its axis was presented to the Royal Society, London, in a letter written by astronomer James Bradley.
Boston became the first American city to have a town meeting.
American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
After an expedition heading North, the Russian navigator and captain, Alexei Chirikov, spotted Southeast Alaska and sent his men to explore.
Maria Theresa – the only female to rule the Habsburg Empire – became queen following her father's death.
John Wesley had his famous spiritual experience that solidified his trust in Christ.
The Royal Academy of History (Real Academia de la Historia) was founded in Madrid by King Philip V of Spain.
French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis began his journey to Lapland to plot the shape of the Earth.
Bellevue Hospital opened the NYC Almshouse, the first public hospital in the US.
Opera 'Alexander's Feast' by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George's Hospital in London.
French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
The War of the Polish Succession began when France declared war on Austria and Saxony.
Great Britain passed the Molasses Act.
The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.
The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
Robert Walpole gained the title of first Prime Minister of Britain.
The female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read were found guilty of piracy.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
France declared war on Spain, leading to the War of the Quadruple Alliance that lasted two years.
Antigua, Guatemala, was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
Water Music by George Frideric Handel premiered on the River Thames, London, at the request of King George I.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The UK approved the first American patent.
Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather and became King of France at the young age of five.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
The opera 'Rinaldo,' by George Frideric Handel, premiered at Haymarket Theatre in London, UK.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
