- Jan 13 Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia, dies at 28
- Feb 24 Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German composer, dies at 56
- Feb 27 John Arbuthnot, Scottish mathematician and writer (Scriblerus Club), dies at 67
- Mar 10 Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46
- Apr 5 William Derham, English clergyman, natural theologian and scientist, dies at 77
- Apr 5 Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)
- Apr 8 Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg, dies at 59
- Jun 6 Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
- Jun 10 Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)
- Jun 22 Pirro Capacelli, Italian aristocrat and composer, dies at 71
- Jul 18 Johann Krieger, German composer and organist, dies at 83
- Sep 18 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
- Sep 27 Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
- Oct 8 Yongzheng, 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, dies at 56
- Dec 14 Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (b. 1674)