8 August – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, built and opened in 1733, is formally opened in the presence of General George Wade.[1]
Birthsedit
22 January – Robert Aitken, printer and publisher in Philadelphia, first to publish an English language Bible in the U.S. (died 1802 in the United States)
17 May (bapt.) – John Brown, physician (died 1788 in London)
20 September – James Keir, geologist, chemist and industrialist (died 1820 in West Bromwich)