- Jan 7 François Fénelon, French Roman Catholic theologian and writer (Playing for Time), dies at 63
- Feb 3 Gottfried Vopelius, German Lutheran scholar and hymn writer, dies at 70
- Feb 17 Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist, dies at 68
- Feb 21 Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland, dies at 77
- Feb 25 Pu Songling, Qing Dynasty Chinese writer (Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio), dies at 74
- Mar 11 Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter (court painter to Emperor Leopold I), dies at 80
- Mar 17 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, dies at 71
- May 19 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman, dies at 54
- Jun 25 Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and governor (Battle of Málaga), dies ta 68
- Jul 5 Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
- Aug 12 Nahum Tate, Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and poet laureate, dies at 62 or 63
- Sep 1 François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Sep 1 King of France (1643-1715), known as "The Sun King", had longest reign in country, dies at 76
- Sep 2 Constantin Christian Dedekind, German composer and poet, dies at 87
- Sep 14 Dom Pérignon, French-Benedictine monk who helped improve the quality of champagne, dies at 76 or 77
- Oct 13 Nicolas Malebranche, French rationalist philosopher, dies at 77
- Oct 15 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, dies at 40
- Dec 14 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 79
- Dec 15 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
- Dec 28 William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning