Births
- 24 May - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, politician (died 1769)
- 26 May - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer (died 1762)
- 24 July - William, Duke of Gloucester (died 1700)
- 19 August - Samuel Richardson, writer (died 1761)
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