- Jan 4 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor and painter, dies at 62
- Jan 20 Charles VII Albert, German Emperor (1742-45), dies at 47
Robert Walpole
Mar 18 Robert Walpole, 1st British Prime Minister (Whig: 1721-42), dies at 68
- May 22 François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
Jonathan Swift
Oct 19 Jonathan Swift, Irish author and satirist (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal), dies at 77
