Anne Stuart (1665-1714)
Feb 6 Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), born in St James's Palace, London
- Feb 12 Rudolph Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (sexuality of plants), born in Tübingen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1721)
- Mar 4 Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle), born in Stade, (d. 1694)
- Mar 17 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), born in Paris, France (d. 1729)
- Mar 27 Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), born in Silesia, Poland (d. 1729)
- Apr 19 Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer, born in Paris (d. 1721)
- Apr 29 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, born in Dublin (d. 1745)
- May 1 John Woodward, English geologist known for his collection of fossils and physician, born in Derbyshire (d. 1728)
- Jun 4 Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1733)
- Jun 5 Nicolas Bernier, French composer, born in Mantes-sur-Seine (d. 1734)
- Jul 2 Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian, born in St Mabon, Cornwall, England (d. 1726)
- Aug 6 Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1743)
- Aug 20 Bernardus Smijtegelt, Dutch vicar (Gekrookte Reed), born in Goes, Netherlands (d. 1739)
- Aug 21 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician, born in Perinaldo, Italy (d. 1729)
- Aug 27 John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (d. 1751)
- Sep 20 Johannes van der Hagen, Dutch vicar and genealogist, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1739)
- Dec 25 Lady Grizel Baillie (neé Hume), Scottish poet and songwriter, born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland (d. 1746)
- Dec 28 George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
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