Births
- 13 August - William Wotton, scholar (died 1727)
- December - Stephen Gray (died 1736)
- Mary Astell, writer (died 1731)
- Josiah Burchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (died 1746)
- John Harris, writer and encyclopaedist (died 1719)
- John Quelch, English pirate (died 1704)
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