Deaths 1725

peter of russia



february 8 – emperor peter of russia (b. 1672)
march 2 – josé benito de churriguera, spanish architect, sculptor (b. 1665)
march 10 – john conyers (mp born 1650), english politician (b. 1650)
march 30 – rené de froulay de tessé, french marshal , diplomat (b. 1648)
april 8 – john wise, english clergyman (b. 1652)
april 12 – giovanni battista foggini, italian artist (b. 1652)
april 25 – paul de rapin, french historian (b. 1661)
may 22 – robert molesworth, 1st viscount molesworth, irish politician (b. 1656)


jonathan wild



may 24 – jonathan wild, english criminal (b. 1682)
may 31 – erik carlsson sjöblad, swedish governor, admiral, , baron (b. 1647)
june 29

arai hakuseki, japanese poet, politician, , writer (b. 1657)
juan manuel maría de la aurora, 8th duke of escalona, spanish aristocrat (b. 1650)


july 11 – salomon franck, german lawyer, scientist, poet (b. 1659)
september 16 – antoine v de gramont, french military leader (b. 1672)
october 10

francesco del giudice, italian catholic cardinal (b. 1647)
philippe de rigaud vaudreuil, governor-general of new france


october 11 – hans herr, swiss-born mennonite bishop (b. 1639)
october 16 – ralph thoresby, british historian (b. 1658)
october 24 – alessandro scarlatti, italian composer (b. 1660)
november 20 – william, landgrave of hesse-rotenburg (from 1683) (b. 1648)
december 7 – florent carton dancourt, french dramatist, actor (b. 1661)
december 10 – nicolaas hartsoeker, dutch mathematician , physicist (b. 1656)
date unknown

giuseppe mazzuoli, italian sculptor (b. 1644)
josé mora, spanish sculptor (b. 1638)
nguyễn phúc chu, vietnamese ruler (b. 1675)
petar blagojevich, serbian peasant, alleged vampire
alicia d anvers, english poet (b. 1688)


probable

leendert hasenbosch, dutch castaway on ascension island (b. c. 1695)
keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, ruler of hawaii