- Feb 2 John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (1691-1714), dies at 68
- Feb 4 Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
- Feb 14 Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), dies tuberculosis at 25
- Feb 24 Edmund Andros, English governor in North America, dies at 76
- Mar 27 Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80
- Mar 27 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (1670-99), dies at 63
- Apr 4 Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies
- Apr 17 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer, dies at 56
- May 15 Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
- Jun 8 Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
- Jun 22 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
- Jun 28 Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch VOC merchant and planation owner in Batavia (freed his slaves), dies at 56
- Jun 28 Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish Jesuit historian, dies at 86
- Aug 15 Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- Aug 26 Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
- Oct 5 Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
- Oct 10 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)
- Nov 5 Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (founder of occupational medicine), dies at 81