January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
Day of death February 1, 1760
The temperature on February 1, 1760 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
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