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== Births ==
[[File:Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[Robert Walpole]]]]
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Thomas Boston]], Scottish church leader (d. [[1732]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Francis II Rákóczi]], Hungarian rebel against the [[Habsburgs]] (d. [[1735]])
* [[April 23]] &ndash; King [[Frederick I of Sweden]] (d. [[1751]])
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Maria Clara Eimmart]], German astronomer, engraver and designer (d. [[1707]])
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Riccati]], Italian mathematician (d. [[1754]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Louise de Maisonblanche]], illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France (d. [[1718]])
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Anthony Collins (philosopher)|Anthony Collins]], English philosopher (d. [[1729]])
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], Prussian field marshal (d. [[1747]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Caspar Abel]], German theologian, historian, poet (d. [[1763]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Robert Walpole]], first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1745]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford {{!}} prime minister of Great Britain |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Walpole-1st-Earl-of-Orford |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans]], duchess and regent of Lorraine (d. [[1744]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. [[1733]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro]], Spanish scholar (d. [[1764]])
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes]], Portuguese diplomat (d. [[1733]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon]], duchess of Maine, daughter in law of Louis XIV (d.[[1753]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Alexander Selkirk]], Scottish sailor (d. [[1721]])