- Jan 31 Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)
- Feb 27 Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
- Mar 6 Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
- Mar 8 Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, dies at 53
- Mar 16 Pieter van Bloemen [Standaart], Flemish landscape painter, dies at 63
- Apr 2 Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
- Apr 21 Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
- Jun 27 Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
- Jul 27 Johann Samuel Welter, German composer, dies at 69
- Aug 3 Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
- Aug 9 Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)
- Aug 17 Anne Lefèvre Dacier, French scholar and translator of classical works (b. 1654)
- Sep 3 Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, dies at 72
- Oct 10 Antoine Coysevox, French Baroque sculptor (Palace of Versailles), dies at 80
- Nov 12 Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, dies at 30
Calico Jack (1682-1720)
Nov 17 English pirate captain who operated in the Bahamas and Cuba, executed for piracy by hanging in Port Royal at 37
- Nov 27 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 85
Assassination
Drug Overdose
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Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide