- Jan 16 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- Jan 21 Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, dies at 71
- Feb 16 Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes, dies at 77
- Mar 4 Louis III, Prince of Condé and Duke de Bourbon, dies at 41
- Jun 1 David Mitchell, Scottish admiral in the British Royal navy (b. 1642)
- Jun 6 Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of King Louis XIV, dies at 65
- Jun 7 Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (1661-67), dies at 65
- Jun 25 Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74
- Sep 19 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer, dies at 65
- Dec 18 Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic apostole vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62