Births
- 10 February - Aaron Hill, writer (died 1750)
- 12 March - George Berkeley, philosopher (died 1753)
- 30 June - John Gay, writer (died 1732)
- 3 July - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, cavalry officer (died 1768)
- 18 August - Brook Taylor, mathematician (died 1731)
- 17 December - Thomas Tickell, writer (died 1740)
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