12 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, regent of the Kingdom of Serbia (1720-1733) (b. 1684) March 16 – Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (b. 1670) March 26 – Vakhtang VI of Kartli, king of the Kingdom of Kartli under the Bagrationi dynasty (b. 1675) May 3 – James Johnston (Secretary of State), diplomat, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1655) May 4 Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) Ferdinand Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia (b. 1655) May 10 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702) May 17 – Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (b. 1661) June 6 – Pierre Joseph Garidel, French botanist (b. 1658) July 26 – Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy, French Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal (b. 1657) July 9 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671) July 26 – Johan Cronman, Swedish general (b. 1662) July 27 – Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (b. 1687) September 27 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680) October 12 – François Catrou, French historian and Jesuit priest (b. 1659) October 26 – Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena (b. 1655) November 11 – Claude de Visdelou, French missionary (b. 1656) November 20 – Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683) December 11 – John Strype, English historian and biographer (b. 1643) December 18 – Antonio Stradivari, Italian luthier (b. 1644) December 19 – James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) December 21 – Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, mathematician (b. 1691) December 27 William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663) Victor-Marie d'Estrées, Marshal of France (b. 1660) Date unknown – Sally Mapp, English lay bonesetter References The Annual Catalogue – List of History, Divinity, Law, Poetry, Plays, Novels, Painting, Architecture, and all other Sciences books published in London in 1737