- Jan 6 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
Peter the Great
Feb 8 Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at 52
Peter the Great
- Apr 8 John Wise, American clergyman and political activist who protested against British taxes, dies at 73
- May 8 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
- May 21 Robert Haley, 1st Earl of Oxford and English premier (Whig, 1710-14), dies at 63
- May 24 Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
- Jun 29 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
- Aug 15 Gerhard Noodt, Dutch lawyer, dies at 77
- Oct 10 Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
- Oct 11 Hans Herr, Swiss Mennonite bishop, dies at 86
- Oct 27 Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71