British antiquarian (b. 1678) June 22 – Pirro Albergati, Italian composer (b. 1663) July 18 – Johann Krieger, German composer and organist (b. 1651) July 26 – Jesper Swedberg, Swedish bishop (b. 1653) July 29 – Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prussian queen consort (b. 1685) August 30 – Edward Harley, English politician (b. 1664) September 18 – Justus van Effen, Dutch author (b. 1684) September 27 – Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (drowned) (b. 1705) October 8 – Yongzheng Emperor of Qing China (b. 1678) October 26 – Margareta von Ascheberg, Swedish land owner, countess and acting regiment colonel (b. 1671) November 14 – Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (b. 1663) November 29 – Bernardo de Hoyos, Beatified Spanish priest (b. 1711) December 14 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop, antiquarian (b. 1674) References