Murray of Elibank, Scottish Jacobite intriguer, fourth son of Alexander Murray (d. 1778) December 11 – Francesco Algarotti, Venetian philosopher (d. 1764) December 12 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier (d. 1780) François-Antoine Devaux, Lorraine-born poet and man of letters (d. 1796) John Turner, Massachusetts politician and delegate from Pembroke (d. 1794) December 25 – Pietro Chiari, Italian playwright (d. 1785) December 31 Peter Boehler, German-English Moravian bishop and missionary (d. 1775) Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775) and Nassau-Saarbrücken (1728–1735) (d. 1775) Deaths January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, Irish politician (b. 1641) January 10 – John Houblon, first Governor of the Bank of England (1694-1697) (b. 1632) February 2 – Martin Lister, English naturalist, physician (b. c. 1638) February 12 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1685) February 18 – Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682) February 22 – Nicolas Catinat, French military commander and Marshal of France under Louis XIV (b. 1637) February 27 – Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1643) March 2 – Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1637) March 18 – Azim-ush-Shan, Mughal prince (b. 1664) March 25 – Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641) March 28 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (b. 1637) March 30 – Johann Friedrich Mayer, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1650) April 9 – Giuseppe Archinto, Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (b. 1651) April 11 – Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638) April 27 – John Crowne, English playwright (b. 1641) April 29 – Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Spanish composer (b. 1644) April 30 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633) May 6 – Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (b. 1636) May 20 – Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1655–1712) (b. 1644) June 10 – Christian Franz Paullini, German physician (b. 1643) June 11 – Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, French military commander (b. 1654) June 24 – Simon van der Stel, last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony (b. 1639) July – Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) grand vizier (b. 1662) July 1 – William King, English poet (b. 1663) July 4 – Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, Prussian politician (b. 1643) July 12 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626) July 13 – Isaac de