Births
- January 10 - Paul Gabriel Antoine, theologian (died 1743)
- May - Anna Maria van Schurman, poet
- July - Thomas Hearne, editor of medieval manuscripts (died 1735)
- December 14 - Daniel Neal, historian (died 1743)
- date unknown
- Thomas Sherlock, theologian (died 1761)
- William Wogan, religious writer (died 1758)
- probable - George Farquhar, dramatist (died 1707)
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