March 23 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684) April 8 – Qing Dynasty Empress Xiaoxianchun (b. 1712) April 12 – William Kent, English architect (b. c. 1685) April 16 – Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1702) May 12 – Thomas Lowndes, British astronomer (b. 1692) May 17 – Henri, Duke of Elbeuf, member of the House of Lorraine (b. 1661) June 16 – Jean Philippe d'Orléans, illegitimate son of future French regent Philippe d'Orleans (b. 1702) June 28 – Marretje Arents, Dutch rebel leader (b. 1712) August 27 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700) September 6 – Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669) September 10 – Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino founder of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663) September 12 – Anne Bracegirdle, English actress (b. c. 1671) September 21 – John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686) November 25 – Isaac Watts, English hymn writer (b. 1674) December 2 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) References Further reading Leap years in the Gregorian calendar