Canterbury (b. 1693) August 17 – Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) September 2 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703) September 11 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (b. 1688) October 1 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687) October 8 – Pierre Simon Fournier, French typographer (b. 1712) October 17 – Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1691) October 28 – Michel Blavet, French flutist (b. 1700) October 31 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (b. 1690) November 14 – John Bristow, English merchant, politician (b. 1701) November 16 – Hans von Lehwaldt, German general (b. 1685) November 17 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1693) December 8 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary, painter (b. 1702) December 14 – Ulla Tessin, Swedish countess (b. 1711) December 20 – Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) date unknown – Elsie Marley, English alewife (b. 1713) References Further reading Leap years in the Gregorian calendar