Joseph O'Donnell Sr., Irish soldier (d. 1787) December 24 – Sampson Sammons, American army officer (d. 1796) December 28 John Pitcairn, British Marine officer who was stationed in Boston (d. 1775) Eliza Lucas, American agronomist (d. 1793) December 30 – Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770) date unknown – Flora MacDonald, Scottish heroine (d. 1790) probable – Hyder Ali, Indian general, Sultan of Mysore (d. 1782) Deaths January 7 – Antoine Coypel, French painter (b. 1661) January 21 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) January 23 – Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (b. 1658) January 29 – Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Swedish military leader (b. 1651) February 5 – Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (b. 1639) February 10 – Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682) March 11 – John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670) March 31 – Eberhard von Danckelmann, Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia (b. 1643) April 13 – Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650) April 21 – Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) May 20 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) June 5 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer (b. 1660) June 16 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650) Marc'Antonio Zondadari, Italian-born 65th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1658) July 16 – Maria Angela Caterina d'Este, Italian princess (b. 1656) August 20 – John Coney (silversmith), early American silversmith/goldsmith (b. 1655) September 18 – André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651) September 20 – John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, Scottish jurist (b. 1646) October 8 – Gerard Callenburgh, Dutch admiral (b. 1642) November 12 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (b. 1659) November 20 – Johann Adam Reincken, German organist (b. 1643) December 5 – Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, politically active Spanish court official (b. 1642) December 8 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, wife to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1652) December 20 – Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) December 23 – Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) References