Events
Births
Deaths
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February 13 - Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1663)
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Marin Marais, French bass viol player and composer (born 1656)
- François Duval , French violinist and composer (born c1673)
- Père Gabriel Daniel , French writer and Jesuit theologian (born 1649)
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Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (born 1654)
- Giovanni Maria Crescimbeni , Italian poet and critic (born 1663)