Deaths
- February 26 - Thomas D'Urfey, dramatist (born 1653)
- March 13 - René Auguste Constantin de Renneville, French Protestant poet and historian (born 1650)
- March 15 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (born 1695)
- May 11 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, dramatist (born 1656)
- June 8 - Isaac Chayyim Cantarini, Italian poet, physician and preacher (born 1644)
- July 28 - Marianna Alcoforado, author of Letters of a Portuguese Nun (born 1640)
- August 21 - Dimitrie Cantemir, first author in the Romanian language (born 1673)
- September 23 - Jacques Basnages, Protestant poet, linguist and preacher (born 1653)
- December 1 - Susannah Centlivre, dramatist (born 1669)
- December 17 - John Trenchard, politician and writer (born 1662)
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