Subleyras, French painter (d. 1749) November 30 – King Christian VI of Denmark (d. 1746) December 2 – John White, English politician who sat in the House of Commons (d. 1769) December 11 – Sarah Chapone, English legal theorist, pamphleteer, and prolific letter writer (d. 1764) December 17 – Charles-Louis Mion, French composer (d. 1775) December 19 – William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) December 29 – Friedrich Ludwig Abresch, Dutch philologist of German origins (d. 1782) Deaths January–March January 3 – Mattia Preti, Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta (b. 1613) January 14 – Federico Caccia, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (b. 1635) January 21 – Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616) January 23 – Kinoshita Jun'an, Japanese philosopher and Confucian scholar (b. 1621) January 27 – Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, English statesman and essayist (b. 1628) February 1 Thomas Chicheley, English politician (b. 1614) Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, Spanish religious writer, Catholic prelate and bishop (b. 1637) Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen, daughter of Count Josias II (b. 1664) February 6 – Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, son of Maximilian II Emanuel (b. 1692) February 18 – Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1639) February 20 – Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Franco-Flemish painter who specialised in flower pieces (b. 1636) February 25 – Lambert Darchis, arts patron from Liège (b. 1625) March 12 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635) Matsudaira Tsunamasa (b. 1661) March 17 – Serafina of God, founder of seven Carmelite monasteries of nuns in southern Italy (b. 1621) March 20 Charles Montecatini, Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1690–1699) (b. 1615) Erhard Weigel, German mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (b. 1625) March 22 – William Chaloner (b. 1650) March 27 – Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (b. 1635) April–June April 1 – Peter Pett, English lawyer and author (b. 1630) April 7 – Simon Ford, English divine (b. 1619) April 13 – Hans Rosing, Norwegian clergyman (b. 1625) April 19 – Jacques-Nompar II de Caumont, duc de La Force, French nobleman and peer (b. 1632) April 21 – Jean Racine, French classic dramatist (b. 1639) April 22 Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (b. 1646) François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Meloizes (b. 1655) May 12 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) May 15 – Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English Jesuit, privy councillor (b. 1631)