historian (b. 1678) April 12 – Augustine Washington, father of the future first President of the United States (b. 1694) April 20 – Alexandre-François Desportes, French painter (b. 1661) May 3 – Moritz Georg Weidmann, German bookseller (b. 1686) May 6 – Andrew Michael Ramsay, English Freemason (b. 1686) May 10 – Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal and Munster (b. 1667) March 14 – Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (b. 1662) March 23 – Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (b. 1658) April 15 – Eiler Hagerup, Norwegian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1685) June 16 – Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan (b. 1673) July 2 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom August 5 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) August 30 – Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, British politician (b. 1663) September 14 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690) September 21 – Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper, India (b. 1688) September 23 – Erik Benzelius the younger, Swedish priest (b. 1675) October 4 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678) December 27 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) date unknown Manuela Desvalls Vergós, Spanish nun, agent and political controversialist Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist (b. 1686) References