Tallard, Marshal of France (b. 1652) May 26 – William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven, English politician (b. 1657) April 3 – James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662) April 10 – Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Swedish architect (b. 1654) April 21 – Filippo Antonio Gualterio, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1660) April 23 – Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Spanish composer, musician and organist (b. 1644) May 7 – Rose Venerini, Italian saint, educational pioneer (b. 1656) May 14 – Louise Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle, French princess (b. 1726) May 23 – William Delaune, English academic administrator and clergyman (b. 1659) June 6 – David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven, British politician (b. 1660) June 17 – Matthieu Petit-Didier, French Benedictine theologian (b. 1659) June 30 – Otto Friedrich von der Groeben, Prussian traveller, soldier and author (b. 1657) July 21 – Nathaniel Gould, English politician (b. 1661) August 3 – Abraham de Peyster, United States politician (b. 1657) August 7 – Jacques L'enfant, French Protestant pastor (b. 1661) August 11 – William Sherard, English botanist (b. 1659) August 15 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656) August 26 William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b. 1662) Anne Marie d'Orléans, Queen consort of Sicily and Sardinia (b. 1669) September 23 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655) September 24 – Frederik Krag, Danish nobleman and senior civil servant (b. 1655) October 1 – Robert Livingston the Elder, New York colonial official (b. 1654) October 15 – Bernard de la Monnoye, French lawyer (b. 1641) November 10 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661) November 15 – Élie Benoist, French Protestant minister (b. 1640) November 19 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (b. 1694) November 22 Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1714–1728), Russian grand duchess (b. 1714) Joseph Boyse, Presbyterian minister (b. 1660) December 8 – Camillo Rusconi, Italian artist (b. 1658) December 28 – Thomas Johnson, English politician (b. 1664) date unknown Giovanni Barbara, Maltese architect and military engineer (b. 1642) Dionysius Andreas Freher, German mystic (b. 1649) Stokkseyrar-Dísa, Icelandic Galdrmistress (b. 1668) Serfoji I, third Raja of the Bhonsle Dynasty (b. 1675) Maria Guyomar de Pinha, Siamese cook (b. 1664) References Leap years in the Gregorian calendar