of France (b. 1661) April 17 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678) May 2 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) June 7 – Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641) June 8 – Katharyne Lescailje, Dutch writer (b. 1649) June 16 – Maria Amalia of Courland, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1653) July 6 – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (b. 1662) July 15 – John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, England (b. 1662) July 18 – Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke, English baron (b. 1622) July 19 – Date Tsunamune, Japanese daimyō of Sendai han (b. 1640) August 22 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, Marshal of France (b. 1644) August 25 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician (b. c. 1656) August 30 – Pieter Spierinckx, Flemish painter (b. 1635) August 31 – Jean Le Pelletier, French polygraph and alchemist (b. 1633) September 3 – Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, French musician (b. 1648) September 14 – Claude Aveneau, French missionary (b. 1650) September 17 – Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1654) September 19 – Davide Cocco Palmieri, Italian Catholic bishop (b. 1632) October 5 – Paulet St John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke, English politician (b. 1634) October 14 – Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia October 30 – Wilhelmus à Brakel, Dutch theologian (b. 1635) November 3 John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666) Giordano Vitale, Italian mathematician (b. 1633) Date unknown – Cille Gad, Norwegian poet (b. 1675) References