(b. 1652) April 25 – Paul de Rapin, French historian (b. 1661) May 22 – Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, Irish politician (b. 1656) May 24 – Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) May 31 – Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, Swedish governor, admiral, and baron (b. 1647) June 29 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. 1657) Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Duke of Escalona, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1650) July 11 – Salomon Franck, German lawyer, scientist, poet (b. 1659) July 17 – Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?) September 16 – Antoine V de Gramont, French military leader (b. 1672) October 10 Francesco del Giudice, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1647) Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France October 11 – Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639) October 16 – Ralph Thoresby, British historian (b. 1658) October 24 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660) November 20 – William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (from 1683) (b. 1648) December 7 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist, actor (b. 1661) December 10 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (b. 1656) date unknown Giuseppe Mazzuoli, Italian sculptor (b. 1644) José Mora, Spanish sculptor (b. 1638) Nguyễn Phúc Chu, Vietnamese ruler (b. 1675) Petar Blagojević, Serbian peasant, alleged vampire Alicia D'Anvers, English poet (b. 1688) probable Leendert Hasenbosch, Dutch castaway on Ascension Island (b. c. 1695) Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, ruler of Hawaii References