1728) August 29 – John Anstis, English herald (d. 1744) October 19 – Count Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian military leader (d. 1741) December 16 – Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1729) date unknown Alessio Erardi, Maltese painter (d. 1727) Jiang Tingxi, Chinese painter (d. 1732) Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (d. 1729) probable – Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1734) Deaths January 27 – Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (b. 1584) February 3 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (b. 1631) February 13 – Peter Venables, English politician (b. 1604) February 23 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (b. 1600) March 10 – John Denham, English poet (b. 1615) March 12 – Cornelis Jan Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1605) March 17 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (b. 1621) March 23 – Philipp Buchner, German composer (b. 1614) March 25 – Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet, English baronet (b. 1624) April 4 – Johann Michael Moscherosch, German statesman, satirist (b. 1601) April 5 – Nabeshima Naozumi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1616) April 12 – Abdias Treu, German mathematician and academic (b. 1597) April 22 – Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1639–1669) (b. 1603) April 23 – Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden (b. 1573) April 27 – Richard Treat, American city founder (b. 1584) May 1 – Isaac Thornton, English politician (b. 1615) May 14 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) May 16 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian artist (b. 1596) June 25 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort, French soldier (b. 1616) July 16 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, English politician (b. 1587) July 29 – Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen (b. 1636) August 18 – William Gawdy, English politician (b. 1612) August 28 – Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1606) September 3 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (b. 1589) September 5 - Charles Burgamy,President of Elizabeth I (b.1600) September 10 – Henrietta Maria of France, queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (b. 1609) September 28 – Pierre Le Muet, French architect (b. 1591) October 4 – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606) October 9 – Richard Strode, English politician (b. 1584) October 14 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623) October 16 – John Trapp, English