(b. 1665) September 17 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645) September 18 – Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (b. 1664) September 20 – Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (b. c. 1670) September 24 – Pacificus of San Severino, Italian saint (b. 1653) October 4 – Abraham Alewijn, Dutch playwright (b. 1664) October 11 Edward Colston, English merchant, philanthropist (b. 1636) Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1656) October 23 – Samuel Frisching, Bernese soldier and politician (b. 1638) October 24 – Anthony Morris (I), American politician (b. 1654) December 13 – Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (original "Robinson Crusoe") (b. 1676) December 17 – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1650) December 25 – António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas, Portuguese general, governor-general of Brazil (b. 1644) date unknown – Sultan Abdullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor, Shah of Herat (b. 1670) References