March 9 – Marko Gerbec, Carniolan physician, scientist (b. 1658) March 13 – Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1637) April 3 – Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640) April 18 – Michael Wening, German engraver (b. 1645) April 21 – Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640) April 23 – Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1649) May 7 – Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (b. 1658) May 19 – Juan Andrés de Ustariz, Royal Governor of Cuba (b. 1656) May 16 – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Norwegian priest and historian (b. 1649) May 24 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (b. 1643) May 30 Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch favorite of William III of England (b. 1670) Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1654) June 9 – Jonathan Corwin, American judge of the Salem witch trials (b. 1640) June 13 – Louis, Count of Armagnac, French noble (b. 1641) June 17 Margherita Maria Farnese, Italian noblewoman (b. 1664) James Tyrrell, English barrister and writer (b. 1642) July 21 – Shabbethai Bass, Polish Rabbi, author of Siftei Chachamim and founder of Jewish bibliography (b. 1641) July 28 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630) July 30 – William Penn, American settler, founder of Pennsylvania (b. 1644) August 2 – Al-Mahdi Muhammad, Yemeni imam (b. 1637) August 4 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski in eastern Quebec, Canada (b. 1656) September 11 – Domenico Martinelli, Italian architect (b. 1650) September 12 – Louise de Maisonblanche, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France (b. 1676) September 20 – George St Lo, Royal Navy officer and administrator (b. 1655) October 9 – Richard Cumberland, English philosopher (b. 1631) October 19 – Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt, French noble (b. 1648) November 3 – Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1652) November 22 Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680) Durgadas Rathore, Indian ruler (b. 1638) c. December – Black Caesar, African pirate (hanged) December 6 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) December 9 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encyclopedist (b. 1650) December 11 (November 30 Old Style) – King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682) December 10 – Stede Bonnet, Barbadian "gentleman pirate" (b. 1688) December 28 – Jan Brokoff, German sculptor (b. 1652) date unknown – Marie Grubbe, Danish countess (b. 1643) References