- Jan 20 Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer, dies at 80
- Apr 7 Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
- Apr 19 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
- May 6 Bernardus Smijtegelt, Dutch vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
- Jul 24 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
- Jul 25 Johannes van der Hagen, Dutch vicar and genealogist, dies at 73
- Sep 3 George Lillo, English dramatist (The London Merchant), dies at 46
- Sep 8 Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
- Sep 12 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer (Almira; Lukas-Passion), dies at 65
- Oct 18 Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)
- Nov 12 Ludwig Ernst, German composer, dies at 71