- Jan 4 Madame d'Aulnoy [Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville], French writer who coined the term fairytales, dies (d. 1650)
- Jan 12 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, dies at 70
- Jan 15 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
- Jan 17 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
- Feb 1 Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), dies at 36
- Feb 5 Jean Gilles, French composer, dies at 37
- Feb 5 Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
- Apr 2 Johann Löhner, German composer, dies at 59
- May 5 Leopold I, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire (1658-1704), dies at 64
- Jul 13 Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator, dies at 55
- Aug 8 Willem Roukens, Dutch mayor of Nimegen (old Plooi faction), beheaded for trying to overthrow the new ruler of the city
- Aug 16 Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to calculus, dies at 50
- Aug 19 Konrad Hoffler, German composer, dies at 58
- Sep 21 Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, Dutch corrupt mister of Odijk, dies
- Oct 11 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
- Oct 17 Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, French patron of the arts, courtesan and writer, dies at 84
- Nov 10 Justine Siegemund, Silesian midwife (1st woman to publish a German medical text - The Court Midwife), dies at 68 [1]
- Nov 30 Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese Roman Catholic Queen of Charles II of England, dies at 67
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