Deaths
- March 3 - Pierre Allix, French religious writer (born 1641)
- April 1 - Pierce Tempest, London print-seller (born 1653)
- June 9 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, mystic, author (born 1648)
- date unknown
- William Diaper, poet (born 1685)
- Ahmed ibn Nasir, Moroccan Sufi writer and teacher (born 1647)
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