Of the 35 million rubles minted in 1712, only 3 million remained in circulation by this year.
Russian Empress Elizabeth Petrovna abolished the death penalty.
September 1 — in alliance with France, Austria, and most of the minor German states, Russia declared war on Prussia, which was supported by England, Hanover, and three other small German states.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Austrian composer, was born.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel was born.
May 28 — in the French city of Mahon, when the English occupied French lands during the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763), mayonnaise was invented.
In the French forces of Marshal Louis François Armand du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, a serious supply problem arose: only vegetable oil, eggs, and lemons remained. Since daily omelets had already become tiresome, the Duke of Richelieu ordered the cook to prepare something unusual from the available ingredients. Unable to obtain anything else, the cook decided to make a sauce based on vegetable oil. The sauce turned out exceptionally tasty and appealed to the French soldiers. It was named “mayonnaise” — in French, “mayonnaise,” meaning “of Mahon,” derived from the French spelling of the city’s name: “Mahon.”