| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739] |
Feb 5 |
James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 |
Feb 16 |
James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) |
Feb 24 |
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) |
Mar 16 |
James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) |
Mar 19 |
Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 |
Apr 14 |
Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652) |
Jul 8 |
Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649) |
Jul 18 |
Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies |
Jul 18 |
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum |
Jul 25 |
Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66 |
Aug 3 |
Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) |
Aug 13 |
Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) |
Sep 7 |
Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies |
Sep 8 |
Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686) |
Sep 11 |
Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies |
Sep 18 |
Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies |
Sep 20 |
Thomas Doggett, Irish actor |
Oct 2 |
Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies |
Oct 4 |
Abraham Alewijn, poet/playwright (Beslikte Swaantje), dies at 36 |
Oct 11 |
Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636) |
Dec 13 |
Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676) |
Dec 17 |
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) |
Dec 22 |
Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery |
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