Editing 1725 (section)

== Deaths ==
[[File:Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg|thumb|right|110px|Emperor [[Peter the Great|Peter I of Russia]]]]
[[File:Jonathan Wild.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Jonathan Wild]]]]

* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], Japanese dramatist (b. [[1653]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani]], Georgian prince (b. [[1658]])
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval]], Portuguese nobleman and statesman (b. [[1638]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Johann Philipp Krieger]], German Baroque composer (b. [[1649]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; Emperor [[Peter the Great|Peter I of Russia]] (b. [[1672]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[José Benito de Churriguera]], Spanish architect, sculptor (b. [[1665]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[John Conyers (MP for East Grinstead)|John Conyers]], English politician (b. [[1650]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[René de Froulay de Tessé]], French Marshal and diplomat (b. [[1648]])
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[John Wise (clergyman)|John Wise]], English clergyman (b. [[1652]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Foggini]], Italian artist (b. [[1652]])
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Paul de Rapin]], French historian (b. [[1661]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth]], Irish politician (b. [[1656]])
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Wild]], English criminal (b. [[1682]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Erik Carlsson Sjöblad]], Swedish governor, admiral, and baron (b. [[1647]])
* [[June 29]] 
** [[Arai Hakuseki]], Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. [[1657]])
** [[Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Duke of Escalona]], Spanish aristocrat (b. [[1650]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Salomon Franck]], German lawyer, scientist, poet (b. [[1659]])
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Thomas King (died 1725)|Thomas King]], English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/king-thomas-1660-1725 |title=KING, Thomas (?bef.1660-1725), of St. Margaret's, Westminster and Sheerness, Kent. |website=[[History of Parliament Online]] |first=A. N. |last=Newman |access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Antoine V de Gramont]], French military leader (b. [[1672]])
* [[October 10]] 
** [[Francesco del Giudice]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1647]])
** [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil]], Governor-General of New France (b. c. [[1643]])
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Hans Herr]], Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. [[1639]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Ralph Thoresby]], British historian (b. [[1658]])
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], [[Italian people|Italian]] composer (b. [[1660]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg]] (from 1683) (b. [[1648]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Florent Carton Dancourt]], French dramatist, actor (b. [[1661]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Nicolaas Hartsoeker]], Dutch mathematician and physicist (b. [[1656]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644–1725)|Giuseppe Mazzuoli]], Italian sculptor (b. [[1644]])
** [[José de Mora|José Mora]], Spanish sculptor (b. [[1638]])
** [[Nguyễn Phúc Chu]], Vietnamese ruler (b. [[1675]])
** [[Petar Blagojević]], Serbian peasant, alleged vampire
** [[Alicia D'Anvers]], English poet (b. [[1688]])
* ''probable''
** [[Leendert Hasenbosch]], Dutch castaway on Ascension Island (b. c. [[1695]])
** [[Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku]], ruler of Hawaii (b. c. [[1660]])