- Jan 22 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium), dies at 73
- Jan 22 Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman, soldier and politician, dies at 52
- Apr 3 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
- Jun 2 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
- Jul 11 Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
- Jul 23 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies
- Aug 21 Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
- Sep 1 Guru Ram Das, 4th Sikh Guru (1574-81), dies at 46
- Sep 30 Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
- Oct 23 Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer, dies at 52
- Nov 7 Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
- Dec 1 Alexander Briant, English Catholic saint, hanged, drawn and quartered (b. around 1556)
- Dec 1 Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint, hanged, drawn and quartered at 31
Assassination
Car Crash
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Plane Crash
Poisoning