March. Adam Smith publishes his groundbreaking work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
July 4. The Thirteen Colonies of North America declare themselves indipendent from the British motherland.
August 25. Philosopher David Hume dies in Edinburgh.
Agosto 27. The British troops defeat the rebels in the Battle of Long Island, New York.
Spanish missionaries found San Francisco.
A new artistic movement is growing in Germany. It is called "Sturm und Drang" [Storm and Impulse].
