Editing 1736 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Jean Leclerc (theologian)]], Swiss theologian and biblical scholar (b. [[1657]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect (b. [[1662]])
* [[January 31]]  &ndash; [[Filippo Juvarra]], Italian architect (b. [[1678]])
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby]], English politician (b. [[1664]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Stephen Gray (scientist)|Stephen Gray]], English dyer, astronomer, and scientist (b. [[1666]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]], Italian composer (b. [[1710]])<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Baker |editor1-first=Christopher |title=Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2002 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Connecticut |isbn=978-0-313-30827-7 |page=297 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDy-MtS9mvgC&pg=PA297 |chapter=Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]], British architect (b. c. [[1661]])
[[File:Prinz Eugene of Savoy.PNG|thumb|right|110px|[[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]]]
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]], French-born Austrian general (b. [[1663]])
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Johann Albert Fabricius]], German scholar and bibliographer (b. [[1668]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real]], Portuguese politician (b. [[1658]])
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye]], explorer of New France, eldest son of [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye]] (b. [[1713]])
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Ahmed III]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1673]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[William Hardres]], British politician (b. [[1686]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Victor Honoré Janssens]], Flemish painter (b. [[1658]])
[[File:Fahrenheit small.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]]]
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[John Porteous (soldier)|John Porteous]], Scottish captain (b. c. [[1695]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]], German physicist and inventor (b. [[1686]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Louise Diane d'Orléans]], youngest child of [[Philippe II, Duke of Orleans]] (b. [[1716]])
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[George Clarke]], English politician, architect (b. [[1661]])
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin]], French duke (b. [[1664]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[António Manoel de Vilhena]], Portuguese 66th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. [[1663]])
* [[December 12]] (burial) &ndash; [[Antonina Houbraken]], Dutch draughtswoman (b. [[1686]])
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet]], British politician (b. [[1655]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Antonio Caldara]], Italian composer (b. [[1670]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Anna Colbjørnsdatter]], Norwegian heroine (b. [[1667]])
** [[Chen Shu (painter)|Chen Shu]], Chinese painter (b. [[1660]])