Robert Knox, English sea captain (b. 1641) June 27 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639) July 6 – Isaac Milles, English minister (b. 1638) July 7 – Juan Romero de Figueroa, Spanish priest (b. 1646) July 12 – King Sukjong of Joseon (b. 1661) August 3 Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641) Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, English poet (b. 1661) August 9 – Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) August 17 – Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) August 21 – John Leake, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1656) August 23 – Sybilla Masters, American inventor August 26 – Johann Christoph Volkamer, German botanist (b. 1644) September 3 – Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648) September 9 – Philippe de Courcillon, French officer and author (b. 1638) September 20 – Pierre de La Broue, American bishop (b. 1644) October 10 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640) November 12 – Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (b. 1690) November 18 – John Rackham, English pirate, also known as Calico Jack November 27 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch colonial governor (b. 1635) Diego de Salinas, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1649) December 29 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer (b. 1670) date unknown Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (b. 1687) Demoiselle Conradi, German opera singer References Leap years in the Gregorian calendar