– Anthony Malone, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1776) December 7 – George Heathcote, English merchant and philanthropist and Tory politician (d. 1768) December 8 – Jeremias Friedrich Reuß, German theologian (d. 1777) December 9 – Michael Ranft, Protestant Lutheran pastor (d. 1774) December 20 – Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental (d. 1788) December 25 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1751) date unknown Franciszek Salezy Potocki, Polish magnate official (d. 1772) Ivan Ranger, Austrian painter (d. 1753) Deaths January 7 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquary (b. 1618) January 12 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, French founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, in the colony of New France (b. 1620) January 21 – Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, English politician (b. 1629) January 30 – Clara Elisabeth von Platen, German noblewoman (b. 1648) February 4 – John Bramston the Younger, English lawyer and MP (b. 1611) February 5 – Louis Maracci, Italian priest (b. 1612) February 12 – Aleksei Shein, Russian commander and statesman (b. 1662) February 25 – James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (b. 1646) March 2 – Jankibai, Empress consort of the Maratha Empire as the first wife of Rajaram Chhatrapati (b. 1675) March 3 Chhatrapati Rajaram Raje Bhonsale, 3rd Maratha Emperor (b. 1670) Girolamo Casanata, Italian cardinal (b. 1620) March 4 – Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter (b. 1629) March 8 – William Dunlop, Covenanter (b. c. 1654) March 14 – Henry Killigrew, English clergyman and playwright (b. 1613) March 18 – Francesco Scannagatta, Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (b. 1632) March 26 – Heinrich Meibom, German physician and scholar (b. 1638) May 1 Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, French administrator, diplomat and ambassador to Venetian Republic (b. 1623) Francis Winnington, Solicitor-General for England and Wales (b. 1634) May 5 – Angelo Italia, Sicilian architect (b. 1628) May 12 – John Dryden, English poet and dramatist (b. 1631) May 15 John Hale, American witch hunter (b. 1636) John Hale, Puritan pastor of Beverly (b. 1636) May 18 – Teofil Rutka, Polish philosopher (b. 1622) May 23 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (b. 1631) May 28 – Jan Six, important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age (b. 1618) May 31 – Agostino Scilla, Italian painter and scientist (b. 1629) June 20 – Richard Gilpin, English nonconformist minister and physician (b. 1625) June 29 – Olov Svebilius, Swedish priest