- Jan 1 Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26
- Jan 7 Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71
- Feb 5 Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
- Feb 10 Thomas Ripley, English architect
- Mar 2 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
- Mar 6 Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
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Mar 22 Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54
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- Mar 22 Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
- Apr 2 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
- Apr 22 Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
- Apr 24 Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
- Apr 27 Jan Francisci, Slovak composer, dies at 66
- Apr 30 François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
- May 3 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
- Jun 12 Augustus William, Prince of Prussia, dies from a brain tumor at 35
- Jul 6 George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
- Jul 24 John Dyer, British poet, dies at 58
- Aug 15 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60
- Aug 29 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
- Aug 29 Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56
- Oct 12 Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
- Oct 14 Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
- Oct 19 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
- Nov 5 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- Nov 20 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 64
- Nov 22 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
- Dec 5 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70
- Dec 25 James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)