- Jan 6 François de Lacroix, French priest, composer, maitre de musique (Paris Sainte-Chapelle, 1726-45), born in Senlis, France (d. 1759)
- Jan 10 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire (d. ~1713)
- Jan 13 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1760)
- Jan 17 Gerard van Loon, Dutch numismatist (d. 1758)
- Feb 28 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
- Mar 1 Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife of King George II of Great Britain, born in Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1737)
- Mar 1 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (1697-1706), born at Urgelling Monastery (d. 1706)
- Mar 11 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1742)
- Mar 13 John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British natural philosopher and freemason, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 1744)
- Apr 3 Mark Catesby, English naturalist (Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands) (d. 1749)
- Apr 17 Johann David Heinichen, German Baroque composer and music theorist, born in Krössuln, Electorate of Saxony (now Teuchern, Germany) (d. 1729)
- Jun 23 Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist notorious for stealing the work of others, born in Herblay, France (d. 1745)
- Jul 3 Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint), born in Upham, Winchester, England (d. 1765)
- Jul 25 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch painter, etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1756)
- Aug 24 Meinrad Spiess, German composer, born in Honsolgen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1761)
- Sep 7 Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1754)
- Sep 25 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon, France (d. 1764)
- Oct 25 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician, born in London (d. 1757)
George II (1683-1760)
Nov 10 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60), Elector of Hanover, born in Herrenhausen Palace, Germany
- Nov 21 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire (now in Thuringia, Germany) (d. 1743)
- Nov 30 Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1744)
- Dec 19 Philip V, King of Spain (1700-24, 1724-46), born in Versailles, France (d. 1746)
- Dec 27 Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)
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