- Jan 1 Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, dies at 64
- Jan 3 Prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642)
- Jan 4 Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Austrian field marshal (1683 successfully defended Vienna against Ottoman Siege), dies at 62
- Jan 14 Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord, dies at 72
- Feb 15 Adam Drese, German Baroque viola da gamba player, composer, and kapellmeister dies at 80
- Mar 10 Johann Schelle, German composer, dies at 52
- Mar 15 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, dies at 76
- Mar 27 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, French naval commander and national hero under Louis XIV, Marshal of France, dies at 58
- Mar 28 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
- Apr 4 Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
- Apr 21 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (daimyō), dies at 33
William Kidd (1645-1701)
May 23 Scottish pirate legend, hanged at London's Execution Dock at about 56
- Jun 2 Madeleine de Scudéry, French novelist (Artamène ou le grand Cyrus), dies at 93
- Jul 7 William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
- Aug 2 Kondiaronk [Le Rat], Petun Huron chief at Michilimackinac (signed Great Peace of Montreal), dies of a fever at about 52 [1]
- Aug 20 Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
- Aug 22 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72
- Sep 15 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
James II (1633-1701)
Sep 16 King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1685-88), dies at 68
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