Editing 1720 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Francis Daniel Pastorius]], founder of [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown, Pennsylvania]] (b. [[1651]])
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Harry Mordaunt]], British politician (b. [[1663]])
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Ramon Perellos y Roccaful|Ramon Perellos]], Spanish 64th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. [[1637]])
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[William Ashhurst]], Lord Mayor of London (1693–1694) (b. [[1647]])
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg]], Holy Roman Empress (b. [[1655]])
* [[January 20]]
** [[Giovanni Maria Lancisi]], Italian physician (b. [[1654]])
** [[Angelo Paoli]], Italian beatified (b. [[1642]])
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford]], [[English people|English]] privy councilor (b. c. [[1645]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Robert Wroth (Guildford MP)|Robert Wroth]], British politician (b. [[1660]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Samuel Parris]], English-born Puritan minister (b. [[1653]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Pieter van Bloemen]], Flemish painter (b. [[1657]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[William Sewel]], Dutch historian (b. [[1653]])
[[File:Joseph Dudley attributed to Peter Lely.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Joseph Dudley]]]]
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Joseph Dudley]], colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. [[1647]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Balaji Vishwanath]], Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (b. [[1662]])
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen]], Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. [[1637]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Antoine Hamilton]], French writer (b. [[1646]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Robert Knox (sailor)|Robert Knox]], English sea captain (b. [[1641]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu]], French poet (b. [[1639]])
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Isaac Milles]], English minister (b. [[1638]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Juan Romero de Figueroa]], Spanish priest (b. [[1646]])

* [[July 12]] &ndash; King [[Sukjong of Joseon]] (b. [[1661]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[Anthonie Heinsius]], Dutch politician (b. [[1641]])
** [[Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea]], English poet (b. [[1661]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Simon Ockley]], English orientalist (b. [[1678]])
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Anne Lefèvre]], French scholar (b. [[1654]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[John Leake]], English Royal Navy admiral (b. [[1656]])
* [[August 23]]  &ndash; [[Sybilla Masters]], American inventor (b. c. [[1676]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Johann Christoph Volkamer]], German botanist (b. [[1644]])
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway]], French soldier and diplomat (b. [[1648]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Courcillon]], French officer and author (b. [[1638]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Pierre de La Broue]], American bishop (b. [[1644]])
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Antoine Coysevox]], French sculptor (b. [[1640]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Peder Tordenskjold]], Norwegian naval hero (b. [[1690]])
[[File:Rackham, Jack.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Calico Jack|John Rackham]]]]
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Calico Jack|John Rackham]], English pirate.
* [[November 27]] 
** [[Willem van Outhoorn]], Dutch colonial governor (b. [[1635]])
** [[Diego de Salinas]], Governor of Gibraltar (b. [[1649]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Maria Margarethe Kirch]], German astronomer (b. [[1670]])
* ''date unknown''
** Shahzada Assadullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat (b. [[1687]])
** [[Demoiselle Conradi]], German opera singer