(b. 1697) Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (b. 1690) July–December July 4 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright who wrote 22 plays (b. 1680) July 14 – François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest, French diplomat (b. 1701) August 2 – John Waller, American politician who served in the House of Burgess in 1714 (b. 1673) August 14 – Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (b. 1683) August 26 – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton (b. 1685) September 1 – Carl Georg Siöblad, Swedish naval officer, Governor of Malmöhus County 1740–1754 (b. 1683) September 2 – Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet, English Rear admiral and Lord Mayor of York (b. 1685) September 9 – Peter Mawney, member of one of the few French Huguenot families that remained in Rhode Island (b. 1689) October 4 – Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief (b. c. 1700) October 5 – Safdar Jang (b. 1708) October 8 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and dramatist known for his earthy humour and satire (b. 1707) October 10 – Dorothea Krag, Danish General Postmaster and noble (b. 1675) October 13 Mahadhammaraza Dipadi, last king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), 1733–1752 (b. 1714) Hark Olufs, North Frisian sailor (b. 1708) October 28 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708) November 20 – Robert Darwin of Elston, English lawyer and physician (b. 1682) November 24 – William Tutty, English-Canadian clergyman (b. 1715) November 27 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667) November 30 – Charles Willing, Philadelphia merchant (b. 1710) December 5 – Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham (b. 1673) December 12 – Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) December 13 – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 (b. 1696) December 22 – Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (b. 1702) December 27 – Charles Craven, son of Sir William Craven and Margaret Clapham (b. 1682) References Further reading