Year (''' MDCLXXXVIII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1765 )
- January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772 )
- February 2 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora Of Sweden (died 1741 )
- February 4 - Pierre De Marivaux , French playwright (died 1763 )
- March - William Burnet , British colonial administrator (died 1729 )
- April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle , French astronomer (died 1768 )
- April 15 - Johann Friedrich Fasch , German composer (died 1758 )
- May 22 - Alexander Pope , English poet (died 1744 )
- June 10 - James Francis Edward Stuart , "The Old Pretender" (died 1766 )
- July 19 - Giuseppe Castiglione , Italian missionary to China (died 1766 )
- August 14 - King Frederick William I Of Prussia (died 1740 )
- September 12 - Ferdinand Brokoff , Czech sculptor (died 1731 )
- October 17 - Domenico Zipoli , Italian composer (died 1726 )
- October 22 - Nadir Shah of Persia (died 1747 )
- ''Date Unknown'' - Charles Rivington , English publisher (died 1742 )
- ''Date Unknown'' - Blessed Juan , Saint of Mexico
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- January 7 - James Howard, 3rd Earl Of Suffolk
- February 2 - Abraham Duquesne , French naval officer (born 1610 )
- April 29 - Friedrich Wilhelm I Of Brandenburg ((born 1620 )
- May 14 - Antoine Furetière , French writer (born 1619 )
- June 5 - Constantine Phaulkon , Greek adventurer (born 1667 )
- June 26 - Ralph Cudworth , English philosopher (born 1617 )
- July 11 - Narai Of Thailand (born 1639
- July 21 - James Butler, 1st Duke Of Ormonde , Irish statesman (born 1610 )
- August 25 - Henry Morgan , Welsh privateer and Governor of Jamaica (born c. 1635 )
- August 31 - John Bunyan , English writer (born 1628 )
- September 2 - Robert Viner , Lord Mayor of London (born 1631 )
- October 6 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke Of Albemarle , English statesman (born 1653 )
- October 23 - Charles Du Fresne, Sieur Du Cange , French philologist (born 1610 )
- November 26 - Philippe Quinault , French dramatist (born 1635 )
- December 15 - Gaspar Fagel , Dutch statesman (born 1634 )
: ''See also .''
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