- Jan 6 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
- Jan 13 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet and translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
- Jan 17 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
- Mar 8 John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69
- Mar 8 William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 [NS-Mar 19] (b. 1650)
- Mar 19 William III, William of Orange, King of England and Scotland (1689-1702) and Stadtholder, dies at 51 [O.S. 8 March]
- Apr 23 Margaret Fell, English founder of the Religious Society of Friends known as the "mother of Quakerism," dies at about 87
- Apr 27 Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
- May 27 Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
- Jun 15 Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
- Sep 22 Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
- Sep 28 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
- Oct 17 Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
- Nov 4 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies