Year (''' MDCXC ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 22 - Nicolas Lancret , French painter (died 1743 )
- February 1 - Francesco Maria Veracini , Italian composer (died 1768 )
- February 3 - Richard Rawlinson , English minister and antiquarian (died 1755 )
- March 18 - Christian Goldbach Prussian mathematician (died 1764 )
- April 22 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , English statesman (died 1763 )
- September 12 - Peter Dens , Belgian Catholic theologian (died 1775 )
- October 29 - Martin Folkes , English antiquarian (died 1754 )
- November 24 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel , German composer (died 1750 )
- November 29 - Christian Augustus Of Anhalt-Zerbst , father of Catherine II Of Russia (died 1747 )
- December 1 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of Hardwicke , Lord Chancellor Of England (died 1764 )
- December 22 - Meidingu Pamheiba , King of Manipur (died 1751 )
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- January 3 - Hillel Ben Naphtali Zevi , Lithuanian rabbi (born 1615 )
- February 7 - William Morice , English royalist statesman (born c. 1628 )
- February 22 - Charles Le Brun , French artist (born 1619 )
- April 18 - Charles V, Duke Of Lorraine , general of the Holy Roman Empire (born 1643 )
- April 25 - David Teniers The Younger , Flemish artist (born 1610 )
- May 21 - John Eliot , English Puritan missionary (born 1604 )
- May 27 - Giovanni Legrenzi , Italian composer (born 1626 )
- July 1 - George Walker , Irish national hero (born 1645 )
- September 2 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (born 1615 )
- October 3 - Robert Barclay , Scottish writer (born c. 1648 )
- November 17 - Charles De Sainte-Maure, Duc De Montausier , French soldier (born 1610 )
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