Jan 24 The birth of Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer

Jan 21 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha

Jan 29 Paris churchyard Saint-Médard closed after Jansenistic ritual

Feb 22 The birth of George Washington, First President of United States

Feb 22 George Washington's birthday

Feb 01 Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions

Feb 26 Mass first celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph's Church, Philadelphia)

Feb 20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna

Feb 02 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia

Nov 14 The first US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia

Jun 09 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe

Dec 19 Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"

Mar 31 The birth of Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer of symphonies and quartets