| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 |
Feb 19 |
Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) |
Mar 8 |
Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 |
Mar 10 |
Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48 |
Mar 13 |
Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 |
Apr 14 |
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral |
Apr 26 |
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651) |
Apr 28 |
Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) |
Jun 2 |
Ogata Korin, Japanese painter |
Jun 5 |
Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682) |
Jun 8 |
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) |
Jun 9 |
Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed) |
Jun 28 |
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665) |
Jul 8 |
Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) |
Jul 9 |
Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 |
Aug 3 |
Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56 |
Sep 25 |
Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52 |
Sep 26 |
Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) |
Sep 30 |
Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 |
Oct 28 |
Stephen Fox, British politician (b. 1627) |
Nov 2 |
Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651) |
Nov 14 |
Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70 |
Dec 6 |
Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) |
Dec 13 |
Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) |
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