January 1 – The first annual volume of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators th...
January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion …
January 1 – The first annual volume of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators th...
January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Be...
February 16 – On orders from head of state Pasquale Paoli of the newly independent Republic of Corsica, a contingent of about 200 Corsican soldiers begins an invasion of the small island of Capraia...
February 19 – The Earl of Shelburne, British Secretary of State for the Southern Department (…
1 April – Laurence Oliphant, Jacobite soldier (born 1691) 10 July – Alexander Monro, physician (born 1697) 26 July – Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, mistress of George II of Great Britain (born 1689) 4 September – Charles Townshend, politician (born 1725) 17 September – Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, member of the ...