- Jan 4 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
- Jan 7 Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, wife of William III, dies of smallpox at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
- Feb 6 Ahmed II, 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies at 51
- Mar 5 Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- Apr 3 Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
- Apr 5 George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax and author (Character of a Trimmer), dies at 61
- Apr 13 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
- Apr 23 Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
- Apr 27 Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher & poet, and nun, dies at 44
John Trenchard
Apr 27 John Trenchard, English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies at 46
- May 17 Cornelis de Heem, Dutch painter, dies
- Jun 11 André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- Jul 8 Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) and scientist (dynamics), dies at 66
- Jul 18 Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), dies at 61
- Aug 6 François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris, dies at 69
- Sep 12 Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
- Nov 16 Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
- Nov 28 Anthony Wood, English antiquarian, dies at 62
- Nov 29 James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- Dec 8 Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist, dies at 69