18 August - Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Lagos, the British fleet of Edward Boscawen defeats a French force under Commodore de la Clue off the Portuguese coast.
10 September - Seven Years' War: Battle of Pondicherry - An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India between the French Admiral d'Aché and the British under George Pocock. The French forces are badly damaged and returned home, never to return.
14 September - "A Journey Through Europe; or, A Play of Geography", the earliest British board game sold.1
20 November - Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Quiberon Bay, the British fleet of Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French fleet under Marshal de Conflans near the coast of Brittany.2 This is the decisive naval engagement of the Seven Years' War — after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet.
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