- Jan 25 Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- Feb 26 Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1691-1714), dies at 63
- Mar 5 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
- Mar 26 John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62
- Apr 17 Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
- Apr 26 Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
- Apr 28 Thomas Pitt, British merchant and Governor of Madras, dies at 72
- May 10 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier, dies at 56
- May 14 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
- May 14 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
- Jul 8 John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
- Jul 22 Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
- Jul 31 Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
- Dec 2 Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian, dies at 61