- Jan 13 George Fox, English dissenter, founder of the Quakers, dies in London at 66
- Jan 20 Christiaan de Placker, Flemish poet and composer, dies at 77
- Feb 1 Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
- Feb 1 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
- Feb 8 Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
- Apr 3 Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
- Apr 23 Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, French composer, harpsichordist and organist, dies at 62
- May 10 Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
- May 16 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
- May 23 Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
- May 29 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch naval officer and son of Maarten Tromp, dies at 61
- Jul 1 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, Italian composer, dies at 77
- Jul 16 François Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois), dies at 82
- Jul 30 Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
- Aug 14 Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
- Aug 19 Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Turkish grand vizer, dies in the Battle of Slankamen (b. 1637)
- Sep 12 Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44
- Oct 9 William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
- Oct 10 Isaac de Benserade, French poet, dies at 77
- Nov 14 Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- Nov 15 Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
- Dec 8 Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
- Dec 30 Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
- Dec 31 Dudley North, English financier and economist (wrote work advocating for free-trade), dies at 50
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