Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (d. 1785) December 16 – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (d. 1819) December 26 (bapt.) – George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian (d. 1825) date unknown – Rafaela Herrera, Nicaraguan heroine (d. 1805) date unknown – Francis Nash, American military officer (d. 1777) date unknown – Hendrik Frans de Cort, Flemish painter (d. 1810) Deaths January 1 – Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686) January 25 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer (b. 1656) February 22 – Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) March 23 – Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French author (b. 1670) April 2 – James Douglas, Scottish physician, anatomist (b. 1675) April 15 – Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire (b. 1662) April 17 – Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) May 13 – Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719) May 21 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) May 26 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) June 18 – John Aislabie, British politician (b. 1670) June 27 – Nathan Bailey, English philologist, lexicographer July 1 – Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech composer (b. 1684) July 2 – Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre, British peer, renowned horticulturist (b. 1713) July 4 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671) July 9 – John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673) July 12 – Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675) July 14 – Richard Bentley, English scholar and critic (b. 1662) July 19 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675) July 23 – Susanna Wesley, mother of John and Charles Wesley, known as mother of Methodism. (b. 1669) July 30 – Nicholas Roosevelt (1658–1742), Dutch-American politician (b. 1658) August 14 – Maria van Lommen, Dutch gold- and silversmith and guild member (b. 1688) August 25 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704) September 18 – Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1664) September 22 – Frederic Louis Norden, Danish explorer (b. 1708) September 27 – Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672) September 28 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663) November 12 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician, chemist (b. 1660) November 20 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. 1661) November 24 – Andrew Bradford, American publisher (b. 1686) December 18 – William Fairfield, Massachusetts Speaker of the House of Deputies (b. 1662) December 31 – Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)