- Dec 4 Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, born in Rennes, Brittany, France (d. 1730)
- Dec 25 Harald Vallerius, Swedish composer and teacher (1697 choral book), born in pVallerstad parish, Östergötland, Sweden (d. 1716)
- Dec 26 Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)