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- Anonymous – Caledonia, or the Pedlar Turned Merchant
- Abel Boyer – Achilles; or, Iphigenia in Aulis: a tragedy[4]
- William Burnaby – The Reformed Wife
- Susannah Centlivre – The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice: A tragedy[4]
- Colley Cibber – The Tragical History of King Richard III[4]
- William Congreve – The Way of the World, a comedy performed in March[4]
- John Dennis – Iphigenia: A tragedy, performed in December 1699[4]
- George Farquhar – The Constant Couple
- Charles Gildon – Measure for Measure
- Charles Hopkins – Friendship Improv'd; or, The Female Warriour: A tragedy, performed November 7, 1699[4]
- Francis Manning – The Generous Choice
- John Oldmixon – The Grove, or Love's Paradise published ("semi-opera", music by Henry Purcell)
- William Philips – St. Stephen's Green
- Mary Pix – The Beau Defeated
- Nicholas Rowe – The Ambitious Stepmother
- Thomas Southerne – The Fate of Capua: A tragedy, performed about April[4]
- John Vanbrugh – The Pilgrim: A comedy, anonymous; performed in April[4]
- January 7 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquary (born 1618)[6]
- March 14 – Henry Killigrew, English clergyman, poet and playwright (born 1613)
- May 12
- July – Thomas Creech, English translator (born 1659; suicide)
- August 6 – Johann Beer, Austrian author, court official and composer (born 1655; hunting accident)
- August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English mathematician and lexicographer (born 1627)
- August 22 – Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (born 1645)[7]
- Unknown date – Charles Hopkins, Anglo-Irish poet and dramatist (born 1664)[8]
Hochman, Stanley. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 4. p. 542.