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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1680s 1690s - 1700s ''' - 1710s 1720s 1730s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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Events
Births
- February 5 - Gilbert Tennent , Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764 )
- March 5 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky , Russian poet (d. 1768 )
- May 14 - David Brearly , delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (d. 1785 )
- June 17 - John Wesley , English founder of Methodism (d. 1791 )
- June 26 - Thomas Clap , first president of Yale University (d. 1767 )
- June 28 - John Wesley , English founder of Methodism (d. 1791 )
- August 2 - Lorenzo Ricci , Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775 )
- October 5 - Jonathan Edwards , American preacher (d. 1758 )
- October 28 - Antoine Deparcieux , French mathematician (d. 1768 )
- November 25 - Jean-François Séguier , French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784 )
- November 26 - Theophilus Cibber , English actor and writer (d. 1758 )
- December 2 - Ferdinand Konščak , Croatian explorer (d. 1759 )
- François Boucher , French painter (d. 1770 )
Deaths
- Phetracha , king of Ayutthaya
- January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius , German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632 )
- March 3 - Robert Hooke , English scientist (b. 1635 )
- March 31 - Johann Christoph Bach , German composer (b. 1642 )
- April 20 - Lancelot Addison , English royal chaplain (b. 1632 )
- May 16 - Charles Perrault , French author (b. 1628 )
- May 26 - Samuel Pepys , English civil servant and diarist (b. 1633 )
- June 14 - Jean Herauld Gourville , French adventurer (b. 1625 )
- September 22 - Vincenzo Viviani , Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622 )
- September 25 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke Of Argyll , Scottish privy councillor (b. 1658 )
- September 29 - Charles De Saint-Évremond , French soldier (b. 1610 )
- October 28 - John Wallis , English mathematician (b. 1616 )
- November 30 - Nicolas De Grigny , French organist and composer (b. 1672 )
- December 28 - Mustafa II , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664 )
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