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Events
- February 3 – Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole in Metz, Lorraine, is opened.
- June 13 – Composer Maria Teresa Agnesi marries Pier Antonio Pinottini.
- September 25 – Antonio Soler becomes organist at El Escorial.
- November 3 – George Frideric Handel is operated on for an eye condition, at Guy's Hospital in London.
- Anton Wilhelm Solnitz, composer (born c.1708)