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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Galli Bibiena]], Italian artist (d. [[1757]])
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Étienne Parrocel]], French painter (d. [[1775]])
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels]] (d. [[1761]])
* [[January 14]]
** [[Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona]], Italian cardinal (d. [[1747]])
** [[John Hippisley (actor)|John Hippisley]], English actor and theatre manager (1696–1748) (d. [[1748]])
* [[January 17]]
** [[Jean de Beaurain]], French geographer (d. [[1771]])
** [[Laurent Delvaux]], Flemish sculptor (d. [[1778]])
** [[Ambrose Madison]], American planter and politician (d. [[1732]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Ludovico Calini]], Italian cardinal (d. [[1782]])
** [[Sebastian Klotz]], German violin maker (d. [[1775]])
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Brucker]], German historian of philosophy (d. [[1770]])
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[John Wigan (physician)|John Wigan]], British physician and author (1696–1739) (d. [[1739]])
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Juan José Eguiara y Eguren]], Mexican bishop (d. [[1763]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Caspar Wistar (glassmaker)|Caspar Wistar]], American glassmaker (d. [[1752]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Marco Foscarini]], 117th Doge of Venice (d. [[1763]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Johann Melchior Molter]], German composer (d. [[1765]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Ernst Gottlieb Baron]], German composer (d. [[1760]])
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg]], Swedish countess (d. [[1777]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Jean-Philippe-René de La Bléterie]], French historian and translator (d. [[1772]])
* [[February 29]] &ndash; [[Esprit Antoine Blanchard]], French baroque composer (d. [[1770]])
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], Italian painter (d. [[1770]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer]], German sculptor (d. [[1770]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland]], Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician (d. [[1782]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Armand de Vignerot du Plessis]], French diplomat (d. [[1788]])
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville]], French actor (d. [[1753]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Lajos Batthyány (palatine)|Lajos Batthyány]], Hungarian palatine (d. [[1765]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Domenico Maria Fratta]], Italian painter and draughtsman (d. [[1763]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Pierre Février]], French composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. [[1760]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Erhard Kapp]], German author and historian (d. [[1756]])
* [[March 27]]
** [[Antoine Court (Huguenot)|Antoine Court]], French Huguenot minister (d. [[1760]])
** [[Charles Ingram (politician)|Charles Ingram]], British army officer (d. [[1748]])
* [[March 30]]
** [[Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II)|Ayşe Sultan]], daughter of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II (d. [[1752]])
** [[John Worsley (scholar)|John Worsley]], scholar (d. [[1767]])