Events
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
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January 16 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
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March 16 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
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April 2 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
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April 9 - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (born c.1667)
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May 31 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
- June - Nadir Shah, Persian leader (b, 1688)
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June 19 - Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer
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October 10 - John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c.1674)
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November 17 - Alain-René Le Sage, French novelist and playwright (born 1668)