- Jan 4 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian field marshal, dies at 62
- Jan 14 Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord, dies at 72
- Feb 15 Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
- Mar 10 Johann Schelle, German composer, dies at 52
- Mar 15 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, dies at 76
- Mar 27 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58
- Mar 28 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
- Apr 4 Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
- Apr 21 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (daimyō), dies at 33
William Kidd
May 23 William Kidd, Scottish pirate legend, hanged at London's execution Dock at about 56
William Kidd
- Jun 2 Madeleine de Scudéry, French novelist (Artamène ou le grand Cyrus), dies at 93
- Jul 7 William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
- Aug 20 Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
- Aug 22 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72
- Sep 15 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
- Sep 16 James II of England and James VII of Scotland [Stuart], King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1685-88), dies at 68
- Oct 3 Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
- Oct 13 Andreas Anton Schmelzer, Austrian composer, dies at 47
- Nov 5 Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician, dies at about 40