June 30 - John Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)
July 20 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620)
November 4 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
November 20 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
Events
February 29 - Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 100 men, women, and children.
April 24 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
August 4 - War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
August 13 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim
