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| Battle of Elixem Churchill, John | |
| July Elixem Breaks the lines of Brabant at Elixem near Landen
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| Blenheim Palace Vanbrugh, John | |
| Blenheim Blenheim Palace is built as a tribute to the Duke of Marlborough's military victories
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| Captain Churchill, John | |
| Mindelheim Appointed Prince of Mindelheim by Emperor Leopold I
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| Capture Philip V | |
| Madrid The Allies twice occupy Madrid but fail to hold it
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| Chairman Committee of Priveliges Compton | |
| London Appointed Chairman of the Committee of Priveliges
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| Council Admiralty Walpole, Robert | |
| Appointed Member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral
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| Death Oates, Titus | |
| Death of Titus Oates
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| Delegate Gordon, William | |
| St Germain Chosen by Lowlands Jacobites as a delegate to St Germain
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| Invasion of Flanders Churchill, John | |
| Flanders Wages an inconclusive campaign against Villeroi in Flanders
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| Legislation Campbell, John | |
| Created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich for supporting the Act of Union
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| Lord Keeper of Great Seal Cowper, William | |
| Appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
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| Marriage Caroline of Ansbach | |
| 22nd Aug Hanover George II marries Caroline of Ansbach
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| Marriage George I | |
| 25th Aug London Marries Caroline of Anspach
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| Marriage George II | |
| George II marries Caroline of Ansbach
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| 22nd Aug Herrenhausen Marries Caroline, daughter of John Ferederick Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
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| Marriage Wilhelmina Charlotte | |
| 22nd Aug Herrenhause Marries George II
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| 22nd Aug Herrenhausen Marries George II
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| Naturalization George II | |
| London Naturalized as a British subject
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| Peerage Campbell, John | |
| Created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich for supporting the Act of Union
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| Rule of Kii Yoshimune | |
| Kii Becomes head of the fief of Kii
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| Secretary Erskine, John | |
| Appointed Secretary of State
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| Siege of Barcelona Philip V | |
| Barcelona The English Navy captures Barcelona
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| Siege of LiŠge Douglas-Hamilton, George | |
| June LiŠge Marches his column from the Moselle to relieve the besieged city of LiŠge
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| Siege of Madrid Philip V | |
| Madrid The Allies twice occupy Madrid but fail to hold it
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| Succession George II | |
| London Succeeds as King of Great Britain
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| Unification Campbell, John | |
| Created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich for supporting the Act of Union
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