- Jan 6 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist, dies at 74
- Jan 17 Jean-François Dandrieu, French Baroque organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at about 56 [birth date uncertain]
- Feb 5 Georg Reidel, German composer, dies at 61
- Feb 12 James Sherard, English amateur composer, dies at 71
- Feb 15 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- Mar 16 George Bähr, German architect (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
- Mar 25 Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
- May 1 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)
- Jun 5 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, dies at 79
- Jun 21 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
- Jul 15 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed
- Jul 15 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, dies at 84
- Jul 15 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
- Aug 9 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies at 75
- Aug 16 Joe Miller, English comic, dies
- Aug 29 Georg Reutter, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 81
- Sep 23 Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69
- Dec 13 Gotthard Wagner, German composer, dies at 59
- Dec 22 Constantia Jones, British prostitute, executed on theft allegations at 30
- Dec 22 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, dies at 56
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