Anders Celsius
Apr 25 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (proposed the Celsius temperature scale), dies at 42
Alexander Pope
May 30 Alexander Pope, English poet (The Rape of the Lock), dies at 56
- Jul 14 Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28
- Aug 9 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (George Frideric Handel) (b. 1673)
- Aug 13 John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
- Oct 18 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of Great Britain, dies at 84
- Dec 8 Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France, dies at 28
- Dec 23 Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68