1702
- January 6
- Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1]
- January 13
- Peter Rabus Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at age 41. [1]
- March 8
- Death of King William III at age 52, after being thrown from horse and developing pleurisy; King of England and Scotland (1689-1702). [1] [1052.543]
- April 27
- Jean Bart French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at age 51. [1]
1703
- March 3
- Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London. [1]
- March 20
- Johann Kunckel/Kunkel German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies. [1]
- May 1
- Kiva Yoshinaka Japanese monarch, murdered. [1]
- May 21
- Roemer Vlacq Dutch Admiral, dies in battle. [1]
- May 26
- Samuel Pepys English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at age 70. [1]
- December 29
- Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at age 39. [1]
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1704
- February 2
- Guillaume F A de l'Hospital French mathematician, dies at about age 62. [1]
- March 17
- Menno baron van Coehoorn fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at age 63. [1]
- April 12
- John Hudde 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at age 76. [1]
1705
- January 15
- Walraad the Young, Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies. [1]
- May 5
- Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at age 64. [1]
1706
- February 27
- John Evelyn diarist, dies. [1]
- March 3
- Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52. [1]
- April 19
- Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies. [1]
- December 9
- Pedro II king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at age 58. [1]
- December 28
- Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at age 59. [1]
1707
- January 4
- Louis Willem I count of Baden-Baden, dies. [1]
- February 20
- Aurangzeb Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies. [1]
- March 3
- Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 30
- Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73. [1]
- April 20
- Death of Johann Christoph Denner in Leipzig, Germany; musical instrument maker, invented the clarinet. [37]
1708
- April 30
- Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies. [1]
1709
- March 8
- William Cowper/Cooper English anatomist, dies at about age 62. [1]
- December 1
- Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Megerle] German court vicar, dies at age 65. [1]
1710
- December 18
- Peter Codde apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at age 62. [1]
1711
- January 8
- Philips van Almonde Zealand Lieutenant-Admiral, dies at age 66. [1]
- February 10
- Lukas Fencer Dutch poet (Meleager and Atalante), dies at age 22. [1]
- February 21
- Joan van Hoorn Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1707-09), dies at age 57. [1]
- April 17
- Jozef I [Habsburg] emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about age 32. [1]
- December 17
- Arnold Moonen vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies. [1]
1712
- February 18
- Duke of Bourgondië French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1]
- March 28
- Jan van der Heyden Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 5
- John Luyken poet/etcher (species company), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 10
- Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about age 77. [1]
- April 30
- Philippus van Limborch remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at age 78. [1]
- November 15
- In Hyde Park, London, England, Whig Charles 4th Baron Mohun and Tory James Douglas 4th Earl of Hamilton engage in a duel to the death. Both die. [1427.10]
- December 15
- Sidney first Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at age 67. [1]
1713
- January 8
- Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59. [1]
- January 20
- Pavao Vitezovic Croatian historian, dies. [1]
- February 25
- Frederik I King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at age 55. [1]
1714
- February 4
- Duke of Berry French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1]
- April 4
- Karel duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies. [1]
- August 1
- Death of English Queen Anne. [309.62]
1715
- February 17
- Antoine Galland French interpreter, dies at age 68. [1]
- September 1
- Louis XIV the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at age 76. [1]
- December 15
- George Hickes English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at age 73. [1]
1716
- January 1
- William Wycherley dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about age 75. [1]
- December 30
- Death of Prince Anthon Günther of German municipality of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt. [410.15]
1717
- March 3
- Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about age 75. [1]
1718
- February 23
- François Fagel Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at age 63. [1]
- May 30
- Arnold J van Keppel Earl of Albemarle/General, dies at about age 48. [1]
- June 25
- Death of Alexis, son of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, of poisoning. [811.76]
- November 22
- Edward "Blackbeard" Teach English pirate, dies off Virginia coast. [1]
- November 30
- (about 2100 hours) At the siege of Fredrikshald, King Karl XII is struck in the head by a bullet, killing him instantly. (It is not know whether this was a stray bullet or fired at close range by an assassin.) [7]
1719
- April 7
- Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at age 67. [1]
- December 2
- Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 16
- Adrian "Aart" van Wijck Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 31
- John Flamsteed, first Astronomer Royal, dies at age 73. [1]
1720
- January 1
- Death of Francis Daniel Pastorius in Germantown, Pennsylvania (born in Sommerhausen, Germany). He purchased land from William Penn and founded the city of Germantown. [37]
1721
- February 5
- James Stanhope first earl of Stanhope English General, dies at age 47. [1]
- March 19
- Clement XI [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at age 71. [1]
- September 11
- Death of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius in Tübingen; botanist (proved the existence of sexes in plants, identified the reproductive parts, demonstrated the role of pollen), professor of natural philosophy at the University of Tübingen. [37]
- December 22
- Nathaniel Hawes tortured and executed in England for robbery. [1]
1722
- March 31
- Campegius Vitringa Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at age 62. [1]
- April 13
- Charles Leslie Irish controversialist, dies. [1]
- December 8
- Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts German/French duchess, dies at age 70. [1]
1723
- February 2
- Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist, dies at age 66. [1]
- April 5
- J Fischer von Erlach Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at age 66. [1]
- April 10
- Claude F Tserclaes South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at age 74. [1]
- December 2
- Philip French duke of Orléans/regent (1715-23)/Prime Minister (1723), dies. [1]
- December 22
- Jacques Basnage French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at age 70. [1]
1724
- March 7
- Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 8
- Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli Swiss architect, dies at about age 81. [1]
- May 18
- Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at age 54. [1]
1725
- January 6
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about age 71. [1]
- January 28
- Death of Peter the Great, Romanov czar of Russia, at age 52 from convulsions. [1] [811.76]
- February 7
- Death of Johann Philipp Krieger at age 75 in Weissenfels; composer, court organist at Bayreuth (1670), music director at Halle and Weissenfels (1680+). [1] [37]
- February 8
- Peter I "the Great" Romanov czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at age 52. [1]
- Peter the Great Tsar of Russia dies. [1]
- May 8
- John Lovewell US Indian fighter, dies in battle. [1]
- May 21
- Robert Haley earl of Oxford English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at age 63. [1]
1726
- January 25
- Guillaume Delisle French geographer (Atlas géographique), dies at age 50. [1]
- February 26
- Maximilian II M Emanuel elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies. [1]
- March 26
- John Vanbrugh Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 17
- Henriëtte Amalia ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at age 49. [1]
- April 26
- Jeremy Collier English bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at age 75. [1]
- May 14
- John B Wellekens poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies. [1]
- Moshe Darshan Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies. [1]
1727
- March 20
- Death of Sir Issac Newton at age 84 in Kensington, London, England; English physicist/astronomer/mintmaster, dies in London at age 84. [606.38] [697.68]
- May 2
- Paul Aler French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at age 70. [1]
- May 6
- Catharina I Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about age 42. [1]
- May 17
- Catherine I Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies. [1]
- June 11
- Death of George I, king of England. [309.65]
1728
- March 8
- Gian M Crescimbeni Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at age 64. [1]
1729
- January 4
- Joseph de Montesquiou Earl d'Artagnan French Lieutenant-General , dies at age 77. [1]
- January 19
- William Congreve English dramatist (Love for Love), dies in London at age 58. [1]
- March 21
- John Law Scottish financier, dies at about age 57. [1]
- May 17
- Samuel Clarke theologian, dies. [1]
- December 13
- Anthony Collins English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at age 53. [1]
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