industrialist (d. 1799) November 24 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800) date unknown David Barclay of Youngsbury, English merchant, businessman and banker (d. 1809) Samuel Barrington, British admiral (d. 1800) Deaths January 11 – Thomas of Cori, Italian Friar Minor and preacher (b. 1655) January 19 William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670) Lorenzo Cozza, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1654) January 30 – Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Archbishop of Mainz (b. 1655) January 31 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) February 11 – Solomon Stoddard, pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Northampton, Massachusetts (b. 1643) February 17 – John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1658) March 2 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher, scientist (b. 1662) March 15 – Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1658) March 21 – John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671) March 18 – Michael Bernhard Valentini, German naturalist (b. 1657) March 21 – Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669) April 12 – Louis-Guillaume Pécour, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1653) March 6 – Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington, British politician (b. 1663) March 26 – Simon de la Loubère, French diplomat (b. 1642) May 4 – Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French bishop (b. 1651) May 17 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675) June 4 – Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1654) June 12 – John Williams, American clergy (b. 1664) June 27 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist and composer (b. 1665) July 16 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683) July 30 – Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, British politician (b. 1644) August 5 – Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (b. 1663) August 31 – John Blackadder, Scottish soldier (b. 1664) September 1 – Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (b. 1672) September 3 – Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646) September 7 – William Burnet, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b. 1688) October 9 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654) October 16 – Johann Heinrich Ernesti, German philosopher, theologian (b. 1652) October 30 – William Conolly, Irish politician (b. 1662) November 8 – Joshua Oldfield, English Presbyterian divine (b. 1656) November 11 – John Benedict, Connecticut politician and deacon (b. 1649) December – Doamna Marica Brâncoveanu, princess consort of Wallachia (b. 1661) December 1 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)