Births
- January 30 - Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (died 1741)
- April 16 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman (died 1715)
- May 25 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher, historian and educationalist (died 1737)
- November 1 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (died 1725)
- November 15 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss colonist and writer (died 1743)
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- William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (died 1689)
- Thomas Knaggs, preacher and publisher of sermons (died 1724)
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