- Feb 15 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- Mar 16 George Bähr, German architect (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
- May 1 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)
- Jun 5 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, dies at 79
- Jun 21 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
- Jul 15 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed
- Jul 15 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
- Aug 9 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies at 75
- Aug 16 Joe Miller, English comic, dies
- Sep 23 Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69
- Dec 22 Constantia Jones, British prostitute, executed on theft allegations at 30