Richard Steele (1672-1729)
Mar 12 Irish writer, playwright (The Conscious Lovers) and Whig politician who co-founded "The Spectator" magazine, born in Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
May 1 English essayist, playwright (Cato, a Tragedy), poet and Whig politician who co-founded "The Spectator" magazine, born in Milston, Wiltshire, England
- Jun 11 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and amateur composer, born in Padua, Republic of Venice (d. 1749)
- Aug 2 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1733)
- Sep 8 Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer, baptized in Reims, France (d. 1703)
- Oct 21 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina and diplomat, born in Vileyka Raion, Belarus (d. 1742)
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