Editing 1697 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:William Smellie. Line engraving by R. Anderson (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William Smellie (obstetrician)]] born [[5 February]]]]
[[File:Yinli.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Yunli]] born [[24 March]]]]
[[File:JMLeclair.JPG|thumb|right|110px|[[Jean-Marie Leclair]] born [[10 May]]]]
[[File:Ernestine Theodora von Pfalz-Sulzbach.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach]] born [[15 May]]]]
[[File:Carl Albrecht VII, by workshop of George Desmarees.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] born [[6 August]]]]
[[File:Benedetta Ernestina d'Este.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Princess Benedetta d'Este]] born [[18 August]]]]
[[File:Alexander Monro primus.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Alexander Monro (primus)]] born [[19 September]]]]
[[File:William Smith (New York Judge, born 1697).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William Smith (judge, born 1697)]] born [[8 October]]]]
[[File:George Desmarées 001.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Georg Desmarées]] born [[29 October]]]]
[[File:Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi with a view overlooking Monaco from the studio of Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco]] born [[10 November]]]]
[[File:John Baring (1697-1748).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Johann Baring]] born [[15 November]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Maria Carolina de Bouillon - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Maria Karolina Sobieska]] born [[25 November]]]]
=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Johann Pfeiffer]], German violinist (d. [[1761]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[Wilhelm August von der Osten]], Danish civil servant (d. [[1764]])
** [[Robert Wallace (minister)|Robert Wallace]], minister of the Church of Scotland, writer on population (d. [[1771]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron Coleraine]], English politician (d. [[1773]])
* [[January 11]] – [[William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex]], English courtier and diplomat (d. [[1743]])
* [[January 13]] – [[Paul-François de Galluccio, marquis de L'Hôpital]], French nobleman and ambassador to Russia (d. [[1767]])
* [[January 16]] – [[Jules, Prince of Soubise]], French nobleman and Prince of Soubise (d. [[1724]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Franz Neumayr]], German Jesuit preacher (d. [[1765]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Thérèse de Couagne]], capitalist and slave owner who played an active role in the economy of New France (d. [[1764]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière]], French nobleman (d. [[1783]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Joseph François Dupleix]], Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive (d. [[1763]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet]], British landowner, politician and MP (d. [[1728]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Johann Joachim Quantz]], German flautist and composer (d. [[1773]])
* [[February 1]] – [[Josse Boutmy]], composer, organist and harpsichordist of the Austrian Netherlands (d. [[1779]])
* [[February 4]] – [[James Franklin (printer)|James Franklin]], American colonial author (d. [[1735]])
* [[February 5]] – [[William Smellie (obstetrician)|William Smellie]], Scottish obstetrician and medical instructor (d. [[1763]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet]], Scottish baronet and politician (d. [[1772]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Knud Leem]], Norwegian priest and linguist (d. [[1774]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Vito Maria Amico]], Italian monk (d. [[1752]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Bernhard Siegfried Albinus]], German anatomist (d. [[1770]])
* [[February 26]]
** [[Giuseppe Pedretti]], Italian painter (d. [[1778]])
** [[Edward Thompson (1697–1742)|Edward Thompson]], prominent Yorkshire politician (d. [[1742]])
* [[February 28]]
** [[Caio Domenico Gallo]], Italian historian (d. [[1780]])
** [[Agustín de Montiano y Luyando]], Spanish dramatist whose work is linked to Neoclassicism (d. [[1764]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Jacques Deschamps]], French theologian and priest (d. [[1759]])
* [[March 9]] – [[Friederike Caroline Neuber]], German actress and theatre director (d. [[1760]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Joseph Leblanc dit Le Maigre]], Acadian farmer and trader (d. [[1772]])
* [[March 20]] – [[József Dravecz]], Slovene Roman Catholic priest (d. [[1779]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Christian Gottlieb Priber]], German immigrant with legal training who emigrated to the British Colonies of North America (d. [[1744]])
* [[March 24]]
** [[Louis Constantin de Rohan (1697–1779)|Louis Constantin de Rohan]], French prelate of the House of Rohan (d. [[1779]])
** [[Yunli]], Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty (d. [[1738]])
* [[March 30]]
** [[Faustina Bordoni]], Italian mezzo-soprano (d. [[1781]])
** [[Jan Baptist Xavery]], Flemish sculptor principally active in the Dutch Republic (d. [[1742]])
=== April–June ===
* [[April 2]]
** [[Gaetano Casanova]], Italian actor and ballet dancer (d. [[1733]])
** [[Sauveur François Morand]], French surgeon (d. [[1773]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Anton Pichler]], Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems (d. [[1779]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Görner]], German composer and organist (d. [[1778]])
* [[April 23]] – [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson]], British admiral (d. [[1762]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Adam Falckenhagen]], German lutenist and composer (d. [[1754]])
* [[May 2]] – [[Michael Fabritius]], Danish merchant (d. [[1746]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Henricus Boelen]], American silversmith in New York City (d. [[1755]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Jean-Marie Leclair]], French violinist (d. [[1764]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach]], wife of Landgrave William II (d. [[1775]])
* [[May 16]] – [[John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton]], British politician (d. [[1773]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese]], Italian cardinal from the Borghese family (d. [[1759]])
* [[May 28]] – [[Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen]] (d. [[1739]])
* [[June 2]] – [[Thomas Whincop]], English compiler of theatrical history (d. [[1730]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Jacob Emden]], German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism (d. [[1776]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], German prince of the House of Ascania (d. [[1755]])
* [[June 10]] – [[Johann Caspar Barthel]], German canon lawyer (d. [[1771]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Francesco Antonio Vallotti]], Italian composer (d. [[1780]])
* [[June 24]] – [[Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg]], fourth Prince of Auersperg (d. [[1783]])
=== July–September ===
* [[July 27]] – [[Isaac Maddox]], Anglican clergyman (d. [[1759]])
* [[July 31]] – [[Pietro Paolo Vasta]], Italian painter (d. [[1760]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Susanna Wright]], colonial English American poet (d. [[1784]])
* [[August 6]]
** [[Nicola Salvi]], Italian architect (d. [[1751]])
** [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] from 1742 to 1745 (d. [[1745]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Alexander Kurakin (1697)|Alexander Kurakin]], statesman and diplomat (d. [[1749]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Alexander Brodie (1697–1754)|Alexander Brodie]], Scottish politician (d. [[1754]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Princess Benedetta d'Este]], noblewoman and princess of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio (d. [[1777]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (third creation)|Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt]], Irish politician and peer (d. [[1751]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi]], Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (d. [[1737]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne]], French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy by marriage (d. [[1717]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Henry Flitcroft]], major English architect in the second generation of Palladianism (d. [[1769]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Thomas Deacon]], English non-juror bishop (d. [[1753]])
* [[September 6]] – [[James Foster (Baptist minister)|James Foster]], English Baptist minister (d. [[1753]])
* [[September 16]] – [[St George Caulfeild]], Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (d. [[1778]])
* [[September 17]] – [[John Gardner (Rhode Island governor)|John Gardner]], American judge (d. [[1764]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel]], German organist and composer (bapt. 1697–1775) (d. [[1775]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Alexander Monro (primus)|Alexander Monro]], Scottish surgeon and anatomist (d. [[1767]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. [[1764]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Franz Ernst Brückmann]], German mineralogist born at Mariental (d. [[1753]])
=== October–December ===
* [[October 6]] – [[Sir Robert Austen, 4th Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1743]])
* [[October 8]]
** [[Augustine Françoise de Choiseul]], French aristocrat (d. [[1728]])
** [[William Smith (judge, born 1697)|William Smith]], American lawyer and jurist (d. [[1769]])
* [[October 9]] – [[Pierre Philibert de Blancheton]], French politician and music patron and collector (d. [[1756]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Leopold Innocenty Nepomucen Polzer]], Polish lawyer (d. [[1753]])
* [[October 16]]
** [[Nicholas Amhurst]], English poet and political writer (d. [[1742]])
** [[Marie Anne de Bourbon (1697–1741)|Marie Anne de Bourbon]], Superintendent of the Household to the French queen Marie Leszczyńska (d. [[1741]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Canaletto]], Italian painter from the Republic of Venice (d. [[1768]])
** [[Luigi Maria Torregiani]], Italian Cardinal (d. [[1777]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Claude-Pierre Goujet]], French abbé and ''littérateur'' (d. [[1767]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Mary Seymour, Duchess of Somerset]] (d. [[1768]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Bartolomeo Ruspoli]], Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. [[1741]])
* [[October 26]] – [[John Peter Zenger]], German printer and journalist in New York City (d. [[1746]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Johann Gottfried Auerbach]], Austrian painter and etcher (d. [[1753]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Georg Desmarées]], Swedish-born German portrait painter (d. [[1776]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Johann Christian Fiedler]], German portrait painter (d. [[1765]])
* [[November 2]] – [[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]], Scottish noble (d. [[1715]])
* [[November 6]] – [[Euseby Isham]], English academic administrator at the University of Oxford (d. [[1755]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Giovanni Lami]], Italian jurist (d. [[1770]])
* [[November 9]] – [[August Aleksander Czartoryski]], member of the Polish nobility (Lang-pl (d. [[1782]])
* [[November 10]]
** [[Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco]] (d. [[1731]])
** [[William Hogarth]], English artist (d. [[1764]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Lord William Manners]], English nobleman, Whig politician and MP (d. [[1772]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Johann Baring]], German merchant (d. [[1748]])
* [[November 17]] – [[René-Prosper Tassin]], French historian (d. [[1777]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Mateša Antun Kuhačević]], Croatian poet and politician from Senj (d. [[1772]])
* [[November 23]] – [[John Gill (theologian)|John Gill]], English Baptist pastor (d. [[1771]])
* [[November 25]]
** [[Maria Karolina Sobieska]] (d. [[1740]])
** [[Gerhard Tersteegen]], German Reformed religious writer and hymnist (d. [[1769]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Johann Albrecht Korff]], Russian diplomat (d. [[1766]])
* [[December 4]] – [[Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet]], French churchman (canon of Saint-Malo) and moralist (d. [[1770]])
* [[December 6]] – [[Carlo Arrigoni]], Italian composer and musician active in several countries (d. [[1744]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]] (d. [[1775]])
* [[December 11]]
** [[Sakaki Hyakusen]], Japanese painter in the nanga style (d. [[1752]])
** [[Pyotr Saltykov]] (d. [[1772]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Soloman Sprecher von Bernegg]], Austrian military commander (d. [[1758]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Marcantonio Dal Re]], Italian engraver and publisher (d. [[1766]])
* [[December 21]]
** [[Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville]], British peer and politician (d. [[1753]])
** [[Georg Erhard Hamberger]], German professor of medicine (d. [[1755]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Sollom Emlyn]], Irish legal writer (d. [[1754]])