- Jan 7 George Clifford III, Dutch director of East India Company and plant collector (grew 1st banana indoors), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1760)
- Jan 7 Jonas Alströmer [Torreson], Swedish industrialist (wool, shipbuilding, potato cultivation, sugar refinery, cutlery, tannery), and co-founder the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1739), born in Alingsås, Sweden (d. 1761)
- Jan 18 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical professor, baptized (d. 1766)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Feb 23 German-British baroque composer and organist (Messiah; Water Music), born in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire
- Mar 12 George Berkeley, Irish philosopher and bishop of Cloyne who defended idealism, Berkeley, California named after him), born near Kilkenny, Ireland (d. 1753) [1]
- Mar 17 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter (painted Louis XV's court), born in Paris, France (d. 1766)
- Mar 18 Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mar 31 German composer (St. Matthew's Passion; Brandenburg Concertos; Toccata and Fugue) [OS 21 Mar], born in Eisenach, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire
- Jun 3 Cornelis Hop, Mayor of Amsterdam and diplomat, born in Amsterdam (d. 1762)
- Jun 30 Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), born in Gaispoint, Germany (d. 1766)
- Jun 30 John Gay, English poet and dramatist (The Beggar's Opera), born in Barnstaple, England (d. 1732)
- Jul 3 Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer, born in Roos Hall, Beccles, England (d. 1768)
- Aug 1 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1748)
- Aug 18 Brook Taylor, English mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem, born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England (d. 1731)
- Sep 15 Gottfried Kirchhoff, German composer, born in Mühlbeck, Bitterfeld, Germany (d. 1746)
- Sep 30 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, Bohemian composer and choirmaster, born in Gossengrün, (d. 1734)
Charles VI (1685-1740)
Oct 1 Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40), born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna
- Oct 26 Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist (La Silvia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1757)
- Nov 17 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian trader and explorer of North Dakota and the upper Missouri River, born in Trois-Rivières, New France (d. 1749)
- Dec 6 Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France, born in Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy (d. 1712)
- Dec 12 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1743)
- Dec 17 Thomas Tickell, English writer and poet, born in Bridekirk, Cockermouth, England (d. 1740)
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30-39
40-49
50-59
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