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1761 deaths

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Samuel Richardson

English writer and printer (1689–1761)

British mathematician and Presbyterian minister (1702-1761)

Pieter van Musschenbroek

Dutch naturalist (1692–1761)

British scientist (1677-1761)

Maharani Tarabai Bhonsle (Marathi: [t̪aːɾabaːi; ; 1675 – 9 December 1761) was the regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 until 1708. She was the queen of Rajaram I, and daughter-in-law of the kingdom's founder Shivaji I. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal rule in Konkan, and acting as the regent of the Maratha Kingdom during the minority of her son, Shivaji II. She defeated Mughal forces of Aurangzeb in several battles and expanded the Maratha Kingdom.

Tokugawa Ieshige

Tokugawa shogun (1712-1761)

English optician, known for his achromatic doublets

British mathematician (1710-1761)

Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria

Austrian archduke (1745–1761)

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans

Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Francesco III d'Este (1700-1761)

Pierre Fauchard

French dentist (1679-1761)

Balaji Baji Rao

8th Peshwa of Maratha Empire

Clemens August of Bavaria

Catholic archbishop (1700-1761)

Italian composer

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle

Marshal of France (1684-1761)

Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German politician (1713-1761)

Giovanni Poleni

Italian scientist and antiquarian (*1683 – †1761)

Hungarian essayist

Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden

Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Johann Matthias Gesner

German classical scholar and schoolmaster (1691–1761)

Mehmed Said Efendi

Ottoman diplomat

Jonas Alströmer

pioneer of agriculture and industry in Sweden

Bernard Forest de Bélidor

French engineer (*1698 – †1761)

François Gaspard Adam

French artist (1710–1761)

Charles Frederick II

Duke of Württemberg-Oels

khan of Karabakh

Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy

Prince of France

Martin Spanberg

Danish-born Russian explorer

Domenico Silvio Passionei

Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio

Willem de Fesch

Dutch violone player and composer (1687–1761)

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

Scottish noble (1682-1761)

Italian architect (1690-1761)

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

English cleric, nonjuror and theological writer

Noël-Antoine Pluche

French naturalist

Seyyid Abdullah Pasha

Ottoman Empire politician

Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1685–1761)

Maria Giovanna Clementi

Italian baroque painter (1690–1761)

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix

French Jesuit priest and historian

Sanshikan of Ryukyu; Regent, instructor, and advisor to King Shō Kei (1682-1761)

Johann Georg Platzer

Austrian artist

Gioacchino Conti

Italian opera singer (1714-1761)

Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1696-1761)

Jacques de Lajoue

Architectural painter (1686-1761)

Gabriel Malagrida

Italian missionary

Italian composer

Louis Charles Fougeret de Monbron

Alvaro Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor

Spanish cardinal (1671-1761)

Georg Matthias Bose

German physicist and writer (1710-1761)

Louis Charles of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc

Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna

18th century Russian noblewoman

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont

French painter (1693-1761)

British theatre producer

Antoni Benedykt Lubomirski

Girolamo Tartarotti

Italian literary (1706-1761)

Rainiero d'Elci

Catholic cardinal

French ecclesiastical historian (1688 – 1761)