Editing 1694

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[[File:Batalla-ter.jpg|thumb|300px|[[May 27]]: The French Army devastates Spanish troops at the [[Battle of Torroella]] after taking advantage of a fog.]]
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== Events ==

=== January–March ===
* [[January 16]] – [[Francesco Morosini]], the [[Doge of Venice]] since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of [[Euboea|Negropont]] from the Ottoman Empire during the [[Morean War]].
* [[January 18]] – [[Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet|Sir James Montgomery]] of Scotland, who had been arrested on January 11 for conspiracy to restore King James to the throne, escapes and flees to France. 
* [[January 21]] (January 11 O.S.) – The [[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy|Kiev Academy]], now the national university of [[Ukraine]], receives official recognition by Tsar [[Ivan V of Russia]].
* [[January 28]] – ''[[Pyrrhus and Demetrius|Pirro e Demetrio]]'', an opera by [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], is given its first performance, debuting at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. The opera is adapted in 1708 in London as Pyrrhus and Demetrius and becomes the second most popular opera in 18th century London.
* [[January 29]] – French missionary [[Jean-Baptiste Labat]] arrives in the "New World", landing at the Caribbean island of [[Martinique]].
* [[February 5]] – The ship ''[[Ridderschap van Holland (1682)|Ridderschap van Holland]]'' is [[List of 17th-century shipwrecks in Australia|lost at sea]], having departed the [[Cape of Good Hope]] with a crew of 300, with a destination of [[Jakarta|Batavia]] (now Jakarta in Indonesia), normally a voyage of two months. It never arrives and is never seen again.
* [[February 6]] – The colony of ''[[Quilombo dos Palmares]]'', created by rebel African slaves in [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], is destroyed by the [[bandeirantes]], colonial troops under the command of [[Domingos Jorge Velho]]. After a successful attack on its capital, [[Cerca do Macaco]], the last King of Dos Palmares, [[Zumbi]], flees after a reign of more than 13 years, but is later captured and executed.
* [[February 26]] – [[Silvestro Valier]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Venice]] to replace the late [[Francesco Morosini]]
* [[March 1]] – The [[HMS Sussex (1693)|HMS ''Sussex'']] treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off [[Gibraltar]], with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives.
* [[March 8]] – The [[Casa da Moeda do Brasil]] is formed by [[Peter II of Portugal]].

=== April–June ===
* [[April 2]] – [[Sheikh Yusuf]], exiled by the administrators of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), arrives at the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] on the ship ''De Voetboog'', at what is now [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], along with two wives, two concubines and 12 children.  Resettled by the colonial government at a farm in Zandvliet, the Sheikh introduces [[Islam]] to [[South Africa]].
* [[April 7]] – The English Navy's 40-gun warship, [[HMS Ruby (1660)|HMS ''Ruby'']], captures the French [[privateer]] ''[[HMS Ruby Prize (1694)|Entreprenant]]'' in battle.  The confiscated ship is renamed HMS ''Ruby Prize''.
* [[April 12]] – The French ship ''Diligente'', commanded by [[René Duguay-Trouin]], covers the escape of a convoy of ships that he is escorting, but then is surrounded and attacked by six Royal Navy ships led by [[David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)|David Mitchell]].  Most of the ''Diligente'' crew is lost in the battle, and Duguay-Trouin is captured.
* [[April 13]] – The largest volcanic eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]] since 1631 takes place, with lava flows towards both [[San Giorgio a Cremano]] and [[Torre del Greco]], after explosions in the crater that began April 5. Around April 20, ash falls are experienced as far away as [[Calabria]].<ref name="MtuVESUVIO">{{Cite web|url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/VESUVIO_1632-1794.html|title=Vesuvio: Activity from 1632 until 1794|website=geo.mtu.edu|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[Augustus II the Strong|Frederick Augustus of Wettin]], later known as "Augustus the Strong" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new [[Elector of Saxony]] upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony|John George IV]]
* [[May 27]] – Taking advantage of a fog, the French Army, with 24,000 troops, fights the [[Battle of Torroella]] against an equally large Spanish Army force on the banks of the [[Ter (river)|Ter]] in Spain, near the city of [[Girona]] during the [[Nine Years' War]]. The Spaniards suffer 3,000 casualties, while the French sustain 500.
* [[June 22]] – An annular [[solar eclipse]] is visible across North America and the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1694jun22aprime">{{Cite web|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1694Jun22Aprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1694 Jun 22|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] – The [[Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)|Tunisian–Algerian War]] begins as Algerian troops cross into Tunisia.<ref>Henri-Delmas de Grammont, Histoire d'Alger sous la domination turque (1515-1830), Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1887, 458 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 265</ref>
* [[June 29]] – The [[Battle of Texel (1694)|Battle of Texel]] is fought near the Dutch island of [[Texel]], one of the [[West Frisian Islands]]. The French Navy force of 8 ships, commanded by [[Jean Bart]], locates and rescues three French ships that had been captured by the [[Dutch Republic]] in late May. Bart fights a larger force commanded by [[Hidde Sjoerds de Vries]], who dies of his wounds after being captured.

=== July–September ===
* [[July 27]] – The [[Bank of England]] is founded through [[Royal charter]] by the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]-dominated [[Parliament of England]], following a proposal by Scottish merchant [[William Paterson (banker)|William Paterson]] to raise capital, by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against [[Louis XIV of France]] by the end of the year, to establish the first-ever [[government debt]].
* [[August 6]] – The coronation of [[Sultan Husayn]] of the [[Safavid dynasty]] as the [[List of monarchs of Persia|Shah of Persia]] takes place in [[Isfahan]], eight days after the death of his father [[Suleiman of Persia|Suleiman I]].
* [[August 24]] – The [[Dictionnaire de l'Académie française]], the first official dictionary of the French language, is presented by [[Jacques de Tourreil]] and Academy members on behalf of the [[Académie française]] to [[Louis XIV|King Louis XIV]].<ref>Guillaume Massieu, ''Oeuvres de Mr de Tourreil'' (Brunet, 1721) Vol. I, pp. ix–x.</ref><ref>Ferdinand Brunot, ''Histoire de la langue française, des origines à 1900'', vol. IV (A. Colin, 1939)</ref>
* [[September 5]] – The [[Great Fire of Warwick]] breaks out in England and destroys half the town. Donors raise £110,000 toward disaster relief, with Queen Anne contributing £1,000.<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p. 46</ref>
* [[September 8]] – The [[1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake]] causes widespread severe damage and over 6,000 deaths in the Kingdom of Naples.
* [[September 27]] – A hurricane hits [[Carlisle Bay, Barbados]], sinking 27 British ships and resulting in 3,000 casualties.<ref name="Onthisday1694">{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1694|title=Historical Events in 1694|website=On This Day|date=November 21, 1694 |accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>

=== October–December ===
* [[October 19]] – A major windstorm begins and continues for several days, spreading the [[Culbin Sands]] over a large area of farmland in the [[Scottish Highlands]] in the [[County of Moray]] and burying the now-abandoned village of Culbin.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/19/storm-scottish-village-swallowed-sand-natural-disaster-culbin "How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand"], by Paul Brown, ''The Guardian'' (London), October 19, 2020</ref>
* [[October 23]] – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phips, fail to seize Quebec from the French. 
* [[October 25]] – Queen [[Mary II of England]] founds the [[Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenwich Hospital|url=http://www.grenhosp.org.uk/|access-date=2012-03-07}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] –  The Army of [[Deylik of Algiers|Algeria]] captures [[Tunis]], the capital of [[Ottoman Tunisia|Tunisia]], after a [[siege of Tunis (1694)|siege of three months]], bringing an end to the [[Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)|Tunisian–Algerian War]]. [[Mohamed Bey El Mouradi]], the [[List of beys of Tunis|Bey of Tunis]], flees southward while Prince Muhammad ben Cheker of Tunisia becomes the new Dey on behalf of the [[List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers|Dey of Algiers]], Hadj Ahmed.<ref>Alphonse Rousseau, ''Annales tunisiennes ou aperçu historique sur la régence de Tunis'' (Bastide, 1864)</ref>
* [[December 3]] – The [[Parliament of England]] passes the [[Triennial Act]], requiring [[general election]]s every three years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Thomas Tenison]] is appointed [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* [[December 16]] – A total [[solar eclipse]] is visible across South America.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1694dec16tprime">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1694Dec16Tprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Total Solar Eclipse of 1694 Dec 16|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Lao people|Lao]] empire of [[Lan Xang]] unofficially ends.
* The notorious voyage of the English [[slave ship]] ''[[Hannibal (slave ship)|Hannibal]]'' (part of the [[Atlantic slave trade]] out of [[Benin]]) ends with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard.
* [[Rascians]] establish the settlement which will become [[Novi Sad]] on the [[Danube]].
* The [[Parker Tavern]] is built in Reading, Massachusetts.

== Births ==
[[File:Paul de la croix.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Paul of the Cross]] born [[3 January]]]]
[[File:Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (1694-1755), by John Wootton.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer]] born [[11 February]]]]
[[File:Francis Hutcheson b1694.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)]] born [[8 August]]]]
[[File:1694 Christiane.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental]] born [[20 August]]]]
[[File:Elisha Williams fourth Rector of Yale College 1726 to 1735.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Elisha Williams]] born [[26 August]]]]
[[File:Vanderbank Self-portrait 2659 z.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[John Vanderbank]] born [[9 September]]]]
[[File:Portrait of King Yeongjo - Chae Yong Shin (蔡龍臣 1850-1941) Cho Seok-jin (趙錫晉 1853-1920) et (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Yeongjo of Joseon]] born [[13 September]]]]
[[File:Henry Pelham by John Shackleton.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Henry Pelham]] born [[25 September]]]]
[[File:Praskovia Ioannovna by I.Nikitin (1714, Russian museum).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia]] born [[4 October]]]]
[[File:Augustine Washington.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Augustine Washington]] born [[12 November]]]]
[[File:Nicolas de Largillière, François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire (vers 1724-1725) -001.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Voltaire]] born [[21 November]]]]

=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Abdallah of Morocco]], Sultan of Morocco (d. [[1757]])
* [[January 3]] – [[Paul of the Cross]], Italian mystic (d. [[1775]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Theophilus Siegfried Bayer]], German sinologst (d. [[1738]])
* [[January 6]] – [[Melchor Chyliński]], Polish presbyter (d. [[1741]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Oluf Blach]], Danish merchant (d. [[1767]])
** [[Johann Heinrich Callenberg]], German theologian (d. [[1760]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold]] (d. [[1734]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Peter Collinson (botanist)|Peter Collinson]], botanist (d. [[1768]])
* [[February 1]] – [[Giuseppe Spinelli]], Catholic cardinal (d. [[1763]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Georg Gottlob Richter]], German philosopher and physician (d. [[1773]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer]], English noblewoman (d. [[1755]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Johann Christoph Handke]], Czech painter (d. [[1774]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Richard Waldron (Secretary)|Richard Waldron]], Colonial New Hampshire businessman and politician (d. [[1753]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Bartolomeo Altomonte]], Austrian artist (d. [[1783]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Elizabeth Tollet]], British poet (d. [[1754]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen]], English clergyman with German connection (d. [[1776]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Daniel Scott (lexicographer)|Daniel Scott]], British lexicographer (d. [[1759]])
* [[March 24]]
** [[Giuseppe Bernardi]], Italian sculptor (d. [[1774]])
** [[Thomas Bullock (priest)|Thomas Bullock]], Anglican dean (d. [[1760]])
* [[March 25]] – [[Christian Otto of Limburg]], Reigning count of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum (d. [[1749]])

=== April–June ===
* [[April 3]] – [[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]], English naturalist and ornithologist (d. [[1773]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Maximilien-Henri de Horion]] (d. [[1759]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington]], English architect (d. [[1753]])
* [[April 30]] – [[William Pitkin]], Governor of the Connecticut Colony (d. [[1769]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Pierre-Jean Mariette]], French art historian (d. [[1774]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne]], French writer (d. [[1779]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Michael Harvey (died 1748)|Michael Harvey]], British Member of Parliament (d. [[1748]])
* [[May 11]]
** [[Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein]], Czech noblewoman (d. [[1772]])
** [[Hieronymus Florentinus Quehl]], German composer (d. [[1739]])
* [[May 22]] – [[Daniel Gran]], Austrian painter (d. [[1757]])
* [[June 3]] – [[Scawen Kenrick]], English clergyman (d. [[1753]])
* [[June 4]] – [[François Quesnay]], French economist (d. [[1774]])
* [[June 6]] – [[Francis Wollaston (scientist)|Francis Wollaston]], English scientist (d. [[1774]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford]], British politician (d. [[1748]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Thomas Willoughby (MP)|Thomas Willoughby]], British politician (d. [[1742]])
* [[June 18]] – [[Karl Heinrich von Hoym]], German diplomat, statesman and politician (d. [[1736]])
* [[June 19]] – [[Jean-André Peyssonnel]], French physician (d. [[1759]])
* [[June 20]] – [[Hans Adolph Brorson]], Danish bishop (d. [[1764]])
* [[June 23]] – [[Stamp Brooksbank]], MP and Governor of the Bank of England (d. [[1756]])
* [[June 24]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui]], Genevan legal and political theorist (d. [[1748]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Georg Brandt]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. [[1768]])
* [[June 27]] – [[John Michael Rysbrack]], Flemish sculptor (d. [[1770]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Maria Josepha of Dietrichstein]], German noblewoman, member of the House of Dietrichstein; by marriage Countess and later Princess Kinsky of Wchinitz und Tettau (d. [[1758]])

=== July–September ===
* [[July 4]]
** [[Claudio Francesco Beaumont]], Italian painter (d. [[1766]])
** [[Louis-Claude Daquin]], French composer (d. [[1772]])
* [[July 11]] – [[Charles-Antoine Coypel]], French painter, art commentator, and playwright (d. [[1752]])
* [[July 12]] – [[Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], German noble (d. [[1748]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone]], Irish politician (d. [[1763]])
* [[July 18]]
** [[Alexander Buturlin]], Russian general and courtier (d. [[1767]])
** [[Margarete von Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen]] (d. [[1761]])
* [[August 1]] – [[Michael Davies (priest)|Michael Davies]], priest (d. [[1779]])
* [[August 3]] – [[Marc-Antoine-Nicolas de Croismare]], French dilettante (d. [[1772]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Étienne-François Avisse]], French playwright (d. [[1747]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Leonardo Leo]], Italian composer (d. [[1744]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)|Francis Hutcheson]], Scottish philosopher (d. [[1746]])
* [[August 10]] – [[John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower]], British politician (d. [[1754]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Giorgio Baffo]], Venetian senator and poet (d. [[1768]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation)|James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil]], Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (d. [[1758]])
** [[Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle]], English noble and politician (d. [[1758]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Réginald Outhier]], French astronomer and priest (d. [[1774]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Elizabeth Compton, Countess of Northampton]], British noble (d. [[1741]])
* [[August 20]]
** [[Stephanus Versluys]], Dutch colonial governor (d. [[1736]])
** [[Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental]], German noble (d. [[1729]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Johann Georg Schmidt (engraver)|Johann Georg Schmidt]], engraver from Germany (d. [[1767]])
* [[August 25]]
** [[Theodore of Corsica]], German noble (d. [[1756]])
** [[Hongxi (prince)|Hongxi]], prince (d. [[1742]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Elisha Williams]], American rector of Yale College (d. [[1755]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Henry Osborn (Royal Navy officer)|Henry Osborn]], Royal Navy admiral (d. [[1771]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Grand Duchess of Russia (d. [[1715]])
* [[September 6]] – [[Johann Daniel Schöpflin]], German historian (d. [[1771]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Johan Ludvig Holstein]], Danish politician (d. [[1763]])
* [[September 9]] – [[John Vanderbank]], British artist (d. [[1739]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Johan von Mangelsen]], Norwegian businessman and general (d. [[1769]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Yeongjo of Joseon]], 21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (d. [[1776]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Jacques-Ignace de La Touche]], painter (d. [[1781]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]], British statesman and man of letters (d. [[1773]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Henry Pelham]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1754]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Martin Schmid]], Swiss composer and architect (d. [[1772]])

=== October–December ===
* [[October 4]]
** [[George Murray (general)|George Murray]], Scottish Jacobite general (d. [[1760]])
** [[Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia]], daughter of Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. [[1731]])
* [[October 9]] – [[Marquard Herrgott]], German Benedictine historian and diplomat (d. [[1762]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone]], British politician (d. [[1761]])
* [[October 15]]
** [[Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas]], Scottish nobleman (d. [[1761]])
** [[William Knollys (Banbury MP)|William Knollys]], English politician from Oxfordshire (d. [[1740]])
* [[October 18]] – [[René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson]], French statesman (d. [[1757]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)|Humphrey Sydenham]], British politician (d. [[1757]])
* [[October 26]]
** [[Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1775]])
** [[Johan Helmich Roman]], Swedish Baroque composer (d. [[1758]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Simon Pelloutier]], German historian (d. [[1757]])
* [[November 2]] – [[Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach]], Heir apparent of Neuburg, Sulzbach and the Palatinate (d. [[1729]])
* [[November 3]]
** [[John May (shipwright)|John May]], English shipwright (d. [[1779]])
** [[William Mackworth Praed]], British politician (d. [[1752]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Ricardo Wall]], Irish-born soldier, diplomat and minister in the Spanish service (d. [[1777]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Augustine Washington]], British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington (d. [[1743]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Isabella Simons]], banker in the Austrian Netherlands (d. [[1756]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Voltaire]], French writer, historian, and philosopher (d. [[1778]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voltaire {{!}} Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Voltaire |website=britannica.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – [[Charlotte Daneau de Muy]], Canadian historian (d. [[1759]])
* [[November 26]] – [[Louis de Boissy]], French writer (d. [[1758]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], German prince and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen (d. [[1728]])
* [[December 2]] – [[William Shirley]], British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (d. [[1771]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Vittorio Francesco, Marquis of Susa]], Prince of Savoy (d. [[1762]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Johann Michael von Loën]], German author (d. [[1776]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Andrew Johnston (New Jersey politician)|Andrew Johnston]], American politician (d. [[1762]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Hermann Samuel Reimarus]], German philosopher and writer (d. [[1768]])
* [[December 24]]
** [[Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley]], British noble (d. [[1716]])
** [[Christfried Kirch]], German astronomer (d. [[1740]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Lazzarini, Gregorio - Merit Offers the Command to Doge Morosini - 1694.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Francesco Morosini]] died [[16 January]]]]
[[File:William Dolben (judge).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William Dolben (judge)]] died [[25 January]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Tsaritsa Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina - Google Cultural Institute.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Natalya Naryshkina]] died [[4 February]]]]
[[File:Caballero del chambergo Nicolas de Villacis.JPG|thumb|right|110px|[[Nicolás de Villacis]] died [[8 April]]]]
[[File:Portrait de Claire Clémence de Maillé par Jean Marie Ribou (Musée Condé).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé]] died [[16 April]]]]
[[File:Kardinal Philip Thomas Howard.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Philip Howard (cardinal)]] died [[17 June]]]]
[[File:MET 29 100 446 O1 sf.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Hishikawa Moronobu]] died [[25 July]]]]
[[File:Shah Suleiman I.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Suleiman I of Persia]] died [[29 July]]]]
[[File:Antoine Arnauld4.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Antoine Arnauld]] died [[8 August]]]]
[[File:Bernard Offidski (Kapucinski samostan Krško).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Bernard of Offida]] died [[22 August]]]]
[[File:Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst]] died [[14 September]]]]
[[File:Basho by Hokusai-small.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Matsuo Bashō]] died [[28 November]]]]
[[File:Marcello Malpighi by Carlo Cignani.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Marcello Malpighi]] died [[29 November]]]]
[[File:Pierre-Puget-Francois Puget.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Pierre Puget]] died [[2 December]]]]
[[File:Mary II - Kneller 1690.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Mary II of England]] died [[28 December]]]]

=== January–March ===
* [[January 2]] – [[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington]], English politician and Earl (b. [[1652]])
* [[January 7]] – [[Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield]], English aristocrat and soldier (b. c. [[1618]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Thomas Strickland (Cavalier)|Thomas Strickland]], English royalist soldier (b. [[1621]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Andrew Balfour (botanist)|Andrew Balfour]], British doctor and botanist (b. [[1630]])
* [[January 16]]
** [[John Lamotte Honywood]], English Member of Parliament (b. [[1647]])
** [[Francesco Morosini]], Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694 (b. [[1619]])
* [[January 17]]
** [[Anselm de Guibours]], Augustinian friar and genealogist (b. [[1625]])
** [[Francis Sandford (herald)|Francis Sandford]], English herald (b. [[1630]])
* [[January 19]] – [[François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne]], French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine (b. [[1624]])
* [[January 25]] – [[William Dolben (judge)|William Dolben]], English judge (b. [[1627]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Henry Northleigh]], English Member of Parliament (b. [[1643]])
* [[February 1]] – [[John Louis of Elderen]], [[Bishop of Liege]] (b. [[1620]])
* [[February 4]]
** [[Leonhard Baldner]], French naturalist (b. [[1612]])
** [[Natalya Naryshkina]], Tsaritsa of Russia (b. [[1651]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Domenico Santi]], Italian painter (b. [[1621]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel]], French salon-holder (b. [[1605]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières]], French writer, poet (b. [[1638]])
* [[February 19]]
** [[Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki]], Polish noble (b. [[1640]])
** [[Gennaro Sanfelice]], Roman Catholic archbishop (b. [[1622]])
** [[Francis Wheler]], Royal Navy officer (b. [[1656]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Simon Abeles]], Jewish youth in Prague whose father was accused of murdering him “out of hatred for the Christian faith” (b. [[1682]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1650]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Gilles Hallet]], Flemish Baroque painter (b. [[1620]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Charles Scarborough]], English physician and natural philosopher (b. [[1615]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Vittoria della Rovere]], Italian noble (b. [[1622]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Paul Fréart de Chantelou]], art collector (b. [[1609]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy]], French harpsichordist and composer (b. [[1633]])
* [[March 12]] – [[John Conant]], English theologian, clergyman, and academic administrator (b. [[1608]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Cresheld Draper]], English politician (b. [[1646]])
* [[March 24]] – [[Peter Colleton]], English politician (b. [[1635]])
* [[March 25]] – [[Greenvile Collins]], English hydrographer (b. [[1643]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Arthur Stanhope]], English politician (b. [[1627]])

=== April–June ===
* [[April 5]] – [[Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente]], Roman Catholic bishop (b. [[1649]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Nicolás de Villacis]], Spanish painter (b. [[1616]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Angelo Berardi]], Italian composer and music theorist (b. [[1630]])
* [[April 10]] – [[Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg]], Austrian writer and noble (b. [[1633]])
* [[April 12]] – [[John Swinfen]], English politician (b. [[1613]])
* [[April 13]] – [[José de Jesús María Fajardo]], Spanish Roman Catholic prelate; Bishop of Alghero (b. [[1643]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschutz]], German countess (b. [[1675]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé]], French noblewoman (b. [[1628]])
* [[April 17]] – [[François IV de Beauharnais]], French nobleman (b. [[1636]])
* [[April 18]] – [[William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton]] in the Peerage of Scotland (b. [[1634]])
* [[April 20]]
** [[Giovanni Carlo Antonelli]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ferentino (b. [[1612]])
** [[Johann Balthasar Lauterbach]], German architect and mathematician (b. [[1663]])
* [[April 27]] – [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony]], German noble (b. [[1668]])
* [[May 1]] – [[Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt]], Mother of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. [[1644]])
* [[May 2]] – [[Martin Desjardins]], French sculptor (b. [[1637]])
* [[May 4]] – [[Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg]], Roman Catholic bishop (b. [[1660]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Johann Michael Bach]], German composer (b. [[1648]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot]], Member of the Parliament of England (b. [[1629]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland]], English politician (b. [[1656]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Thomas Hervey (landowner)|Thomas Hervey]], politician of Ickworth, Suffolk (b. [[1625]])
* [[June 2]]
** [[Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet]], Member of the English Parliament (b. [[1620]])
** [[Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna]], Spanish duke (b. [[1625]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Pieter van der Willigen]], Dutch painter (b. [[1634]])
* [[June 17]]
** [[Louis Chein]], French composer (b. [[1637]])
** [[Philip Howard (cardinal)|Philip Howard]], English Catholic Cardinal (b. [[1629]])
* [[June 22]] – [[Thomas Tollemache]], English general (b. [[1651]])
* [[June 27]] – [[François Louis, Count of Harcourt]], French count (b. [[1627]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Francisco Spinola]], Roman Catholic clergyman (b. [[1654]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Pieter Claesen Wyckoff]], American farmer and landowner (b. [[1625]])

=== July–September ===
* [[July 1]]
** [[Philippe Goibaut]], French translator (b. [[1626]])
** [[Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel]], General in the Williamite War in Ireland (b. [[1638]])
** [[Peter Christoffersen Tønder]], Norwegian government official (b. [[1641]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Francesco Beretta]], Italian composer (b. [[1640]])
* [[July 11]] – [[Philip Christoph von Königsmarck]], Swedish count of Brandenburgian extraction and a soldier (b. [[1665]])
* [[July 12]] – [[Juan de Santiago y León Garabito]], Spanish Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadalajara and Bishop of Puerto Rico (b. [[1641]])
* [[July 19]] – [[René Ouvrard]], French composer (b. [[1624]])
* [[July 21]] – [[Jacob Jensen Jersin]], Danish-Norwegian theologian, priest, bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand (b. [[1633]])
* [[July 25]]
** [[Robert Fleming the elder]], Scottish Presbyterian Minister, died 1694 (b. [[1630]])
** [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], Japanese painter and printmaker (b. [[1618]])
* [[July 27]] – [[George Pitt (died 1694)|George Pitt]], English politician (b. [[1625]])
* [[July 28]] – [[William Lowther (1668–1694)|William Lowther]], English Member of Parliament (b. [[1668]])
* [[July 29]] – [[Suleiman I of Persia]], Shah of Persia from 1666 to 1694 (b. [[1647]])
* [[August 1]]
** [[Jean-Claude Rambot]], 17th century French sculptor and architect in Aix-en-Provence (b. [[1618]])
** [[John Michael Wright]], portrait painter (b. [[1617]])
* [[August 5]]
** [[Mareen Duvall]], American settler (b. [[1625]])
** [[Mogens Skeel]], Danish playwright (b. [[1651]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Gabriel de la Corte]], Spanish painter (b. [[1648]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Antoine Arnauld]], French theologian, philosopher, mathematician (b. [[1612]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Tommaso Saladini]], Roman Catholic bishop (b. [[1647]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[Samuel Aboab]], rabbi (b. [[1610]])
** [[Maria Sofia De la Gardie]], Swedish countess and industrialist (b. [[1627]])
** [[Bernard of Offida]], Italian saint (b. [[1604]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Francesco Antonio Picchiatti]], Italian architect (b. [[1617]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Sir Richard Everard, 2nd Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1625]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières]], Marshal of France (b. [[1628]])
* [[September 3]] – [[Jean Barbier d'Aucour]], French lawyer to the parliament of Paris, ardent Jansenist and satirist (b. [[1641]])
* [[September 6]] – [[Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena]], Italian noble (b. [[1660]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Andrija Zmajević]], Serbian poet (b. [[1624]])
* [[September 10]] – [[Thomas Lloyd (lieutenant governor)|Thomas Lloyd]], Lieutenant-governor of provincial Pennsylvania and Quaker preacher (b. [[1640]])
* [[September 14]]
** [[Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst]] (b. [[1663]])
** [[Jonathan Cope (MP for Stafford)|Jonathan Cope]], English politician; (b. [[1664]])
** [[Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers]], English Earl (b. [[1628]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Henry Neville (writer)|Henry Neville]], English politician (b. [[1620]])
* [[September 24]] – [[Jean Garet]], French monk (b. [[1627]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Giuseppe Colombi]], musician, composer (b. [[1635]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Gabriel Mouton]], French abbot and scientist (b. [[1619]])
* [[September 29]]
** [[Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz]], German noble (b. [[1625]])
** [[Katarzyna Sobieska]], Polish noble (b. [[1634]])

=== October–December ===
* [[October 6]] – [[Sugiyama Waichi]], Japanese acupuncturist (b. [[1610]])
* [[October 9]] – [[Jean-Louis Bergeret]], French lawyer (b. [[1641]])
* [[October 12]]
** [[Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan]], British politician (b. [[1639]])
** [[Delphin Strungk]], German composer (b. [[1601]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Johann Christoph Pezel]], German violinist, trumpeter and composer (b. [[1639]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Pierre Ango]], French Catholic priest and scientist (b. [[1640]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Pierre Menault]], French composer (b. [[1642]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]] (b. [[1653]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Samuel von Pufendorf]], German philosopher (b. [[1632]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Ibrahim)|Gevherhan Sultan]], Daughter of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I (b. [[1642]])
* [[October 30]]
** [[Francis Fenwick]], English monk (b. [[1645]])
** [[Raimondo del Pozzo]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vieste (b. [[1622]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Jacques de Claeuw]], painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. [[1623]])
* [[November 14]] – [[Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]], German duke (b. [[1680]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Jacques-Théodore de Bryas]], clergyman from the Low Countries, bishop of Saint-Omer and archbishop of Cambrai (b. [[1631]])
* [[November 22]] – [[John Tillotson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1630]])
* [[November 23]]
** [[Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria]], Viceroy of Valencia, 1663, Viceroy of Catalonia, 1664–1667 and Viceroy of Sicily 1679 (b. [[1602]])
** [[Jean Talon]], first Intendant of New France (b. [[1626]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Ismaël Bullialdus]], French astronomer (b. [[1605]])
* [[November 28]] – [[Matsuo Bashō]], Japanese poet (b. [[1644]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Marcello Malpighi]], Italian physician (b. [[1628]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Pierre Puget]], French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (b. [[1620]])
* [[December 4]]
** [[Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds]], Marshal of France (b. [[1630]])
** [[Jean-Baptiste Boisot]], French abbot, bibliophile and scholar (b. [[1638]])
* [[December 5]] – [[William Beecher (died 1694)|William Beecher]], English politician (b. [[1628]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Tiberio Fiorilli]], Italian-born actor (b. [[1608]])
* [[December 9]] – [[Paolo Segneri]], Italian Jesuit (b. [[1624]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma]] from 1646 until his death (b. [[1630]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Filippo Lauri]], Italian painter (b. [[1623]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Erasmus Finx]], German polymath (b. [[1627]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Giovanni Paolo Meniconi]], Catholic bishop (b. [[1629]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Francis Cuffe (died 1694)|Francis Cuffe]], politician (b. [[1654]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Henrik Span]], naval officer in the Dutch (b. [[1634]])
* [[December 28]]
** [[Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour]], English Baron (b. [[1607]])
** Queen [[Mary II of England]], Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. [[1662]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary II {{!}} Biography & Accomplishments |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''date unknown'' – [[Hafız Post]], Turkish musician (b. c. [[1630]])

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