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=== 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]])