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Events
- January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703)
- July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
- December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
- Russia declares war on Turkey
- Freezing winter in France - wine freezes in the glasses in Versailles
- £2 fine for swearing in England
Births
- February 2 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- February 6 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- April 8 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (d. 1723)
- May 2 - Jean-Nicolas Servan, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- September 3 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- September 5 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
- October 5 - John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- November 10 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
Deaths
- January 4 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
- February 6 - Ahmed II of Turkey (b. 1643)
- March 5 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- April 3 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter
- April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (b. 1633)
- April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (b. 1621)
- April 17 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer
- April 27 - John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640)
- April 28 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- June 11 - André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- July 8 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist (b. 1629)
- July 18 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
- August 6 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1625)
- November 16 - Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- November 20 - Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (b. 1655)
- November 21 - Henry Purcell, English composer
- November 28 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- November 29 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
- December 12 - Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (b. 1630)
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