Events
- January - First Letters of Junius, criticising the government, appear in the Public Advertiser.
- February–April - John Wilkes is expelled from Parliament three times.
- 8 April - The Theatre Royal, York, reopens under this title having been granted a Royal Patent. (The manager, Tate Wilkinson, also obtains a patent for his theatre in Hull.)
- 13 April - First voyage of James Cook: James Cook arrives in Tahiti on the ship HM Bark Endeavour, preparing to observe the solar eclipse of the planet Venus, which takes place on 3 June. After the voyage, the data is found to be inaccurate in determining the distance between the Sun and Earth.
- 29 April - James Watt patents an improved steam engine.
- 3 & 29 May - Eclipse runs her first races, giving rise to the phrase "Eclipse first and the rest nowhere."
- 3 July - Richard Arkwright patents a spinning frame able to weave fabric mechanically.
- 5–7 September - Actor-manager David Garrick stages a Shakespeare Jubilee festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, disrupted by rain and with no performances of Shakespeare's works.
- 7 October - James Cook reaches New Zealand.
- 19 November - Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames in London opens to the public.
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