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=== January–March ===
* [[January 8]] – [[George Charles of Hesse-Kassel]], Prince of Hesse-Kassel and Prussian general (d. [[1755]])
* [[January 16]] – [[Peter Scheemakers]], Flemish sculptor (d. [[1781]])
* [[January 18]] – [[William Finch (diplomat)|William Finch]], British diplomat (d. [[1766]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Reinier Boitet]], Delft publisher and writer (d. [[1750]])
* [[January 25]] – [[John Folliot (British Army officer, died 1762)|John Folliot]], officer of the British Army (d. [[1762]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Christian Ulrich II, Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort]] (d. [[1734]])
* [[February 3]] – [[George Lillo]], British writer (d. [[1739]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Louis-Basile de Bernage]], French jurist (d. [[1767]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Francisco Cajigal de la Vega]], Spanish general and Viceroy (d. [[1777]])
* [[February 8]] – [[John Adams Sr.]], British colonial farmer, minister, father of the U.S. president, John Adams (d. [[1761]])
* [[February 10]] – [[Samuel Wesley (the Younger)|Samuel Wesley]], English poet and cleric (d. [[1739]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse]], Governor of Zeylan (d. [[1755]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Edward Cave]], English editor and publisher (d. [[1754]])
* [[March 1]] – [[Conrad Beissel]], German-American religious leader (d. [[1768]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Pierre-Herman Dosquet]], Catholic bishop (d. [[1777]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Francesco Alborea]], Italian composer and cellist (d. [[1739]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz]], Filipino saint (d. [[1732]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Michel Baudouin]], Canadian missionary (d. [[1768]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz]], Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (d. [[1743]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Philipp von Stosch]], Prussian antiquarian (d. [[1757]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Charles Emil Lewenhaupt]], Swedish general (d. [[1743]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Charles Hamilton, Count of Arran]], English collector of manuscripts (d. [[1754]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Franz Hunolt]], German preacher (d. [[1746]])