- Jan 5 Jean Chardin, French explorer (Middle East and India), dies at 69
- Jan 8 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
- Jan 11 Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- Jan 20 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
- Feb 11 Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664)
- Feb 15 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies
- Feb 25 Frederick I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
- Mar 17 Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw-highwayman, executed at 25
- Mar 26 Paul Esterhazy, Hungarian prince, composer and patron, dies at 77
- Apr 17 David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
- May 20 Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
- Jun 1 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
- Jul 7 Henry Compton, British clergyman (Bishop of Oxford, 1675-1713), member of the Privy Council, and botanist, dies at about 81 [birthdate uncertain]
- Sep 9 Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies at 67
- Sep 11 Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
- Oct 4 Valentin Molitor, Swiss composer, dies at 76
- Oct 20 Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
- Nov 7 Elizabeth Barry, English restoration actress, dies at 55
- Nov 17 Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
- Nov 20 Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), dies at 74
- Dec 14 Thomas Rymer, English historian, dies at 72
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