- Jan 7 Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
Marguerite Bourgeoys
Jan 12 Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame in Quebec, dies at 79
Marguerite Bourgeoys
- Feb 12 Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
- May 1 John Dryden, English poet and playwright, first Poet Laureate (1668-1688), dies at 68
- Jul 2 Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77
- Sep 15 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
- Sep 27 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
- Nov 1 Carlos II, King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), dies at 39
- Nov 25 Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 17th Mayor of New York City (1686-88), dies at 57
- Nov 30 Artus Quellinus II, Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
- Dec 1 Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53