British diplomat, statesman (b. 1717) October 16 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) November 4 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721) Charles Morris, Canadian judge (b. 1711) November 21 – Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, French statesman (b. 1701) December 2 – Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marqués de la Ensenada, Spanish noble (b. 1702) December 30 – John Needham, British biologist and priest (b. 1713) December – Juan Montón y Mallén, composer (born c. 1730) References Further reading