Jean-Marc Nattier
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Francesco FontebassoFrom WikipediaJanuary–June
- January 3 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- April 27 – The first official performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks finishes early due to the outbreak of fire.
- May 19 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
July–December
- July 9 – The naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia is founded as the British answer to Louisbourg.
- September 15 – According to mathematical calculations, Pluto moves outside Neptune's orbit to remain the outermost planet until 1979.
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