Year (''' MDCLXXXVI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Friday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 16 - Archibald Bower , Scottish historian (died 1766 )
- January 31 - Hans Egede , Norwegian Lutheran missionary (died 1758 )
- April 9 - James Craggs The Younger , English politician (died 1721 )
- April 28 - Michael Brokoff , Czech sculptor (died 1721 )
- April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke Of Ancaster And Kesteven , English statesman (died 1742 )
- May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit , German physicist and inventor (died 1736 )
- June 9 - Andrei Osterman , Russian statesman (died 1747 )
- July 6 - Antoine De Jussieu , French naturalist (died 1758 )
- July 9 - Philip Livingston , American politician (died 1749 )
- July 31 (or August 1 ) - Benedetto Marcello , Italian composer (died 1739 )
- August 12 - John Balguy , English philosopher (died 1748 )
- August 19 - Eustace Budgell , English writer (died 1737 )
- August 19 - Nicola Porpora , Italian composer (died 1768 )
- October 15 - Allan Ramsay , Scottish poet (died 1758 )
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- January 31 - Jean Mairet , French dramatist (born 1604 )
- February 10 - William Dugdale , English antiquarian (born 1605 )
- April 6 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl Of Anglesey , English royalist statesman (born. 1614 )
- April 19 - Antonio De Solís Y Ribadeneyra , Spanish writer (born 1610 )
- June 23 - William Coventry , English statesman (born c. 1628 )
- July 10 - John Fell , English churchman (born 1625 )
- July 16 - John Pearson , English theologian (born 1612 )
- August 13 - Louis Maimbourg , French-born historian (born 1610 )
- October 26 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl Of Bridgewater , English politician (born 1623 )
- November 11 - Louis II De Bourbon, Prince De Condé , French general (born 1621 )
- November 11 - Otto Von Guericke , German physicist and inventor (born 1602 )
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