Editing 1741 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Ramon Despuig]], Spanish-born 67th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. [[1670]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Johann Joseph Fux]], Austrian composer (b. [[1660]])
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]], British agriculturist (b. [[1674]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga]], Tuscan princess (b. [[1686]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], French poet (b. [[1671]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Pieter Burmann the Elder]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1668]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Celia Fiennes]], English travel writer (b. [[1662]])
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe]], Irish peer (b. [[1664]])
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Lord Augustus FitzRoy]], Royal Navy officer during the [[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]] (b. [[1716]])
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Daniel Ernst Jablonski]], German theologian (b. [[1660]])
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg]], German noble (b. [[1714]])
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[François Pourfour du Petit]], French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. [[1664]])
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine]], Sardinian queen consort (b. [[1711]])
[[File:Vivaldi.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Antonio Vivaldi]]]]
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Antonio Vivaldi]], Italian composer (b. [[1678]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)|Andrew Hamilton]], American lawyer (b. [[1676]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlieb Heineccius]], German jurist (b. [[1681]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Blas de Lezo]], Spanish admiral (b. [[1689]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Edward Bayly]], Irish politician (b. [[1684]])
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Joseph Talcott]], British Governor of the [[Connecticut Colony]] for more than 17 years, since 1724. (b. [[1670]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Stephen Delancey]], major colonial [[Province of New York|New York]] figure (b. [[1663]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; Queen [[Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden]] (b.[[1688]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Ulrika Eleonora {{!}} queen of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulrika-Eleonora |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Charles Rollin]], French historian (b. [[1661]])
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Vitus Bering]], Danish-born Russian explorer (b. [[1681]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Bernard de Montfaucon]], French Benedictine monk (b. [[1655]])
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Andrew Archer (1659–1741)|Andrew Archer]], English politician (b. [[1659]])