Births
- June 21 - Anthony Collins, philosopher (died 1729)
- July 4 - José de Cañizares, dramatist (died 1750)
- October 8 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)
- date unknown
- Samuel Bownas, Quaker writer
- Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe (died 1721)
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