- Jan 19 Abbas I, Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia who made Eṣfahān his capital (1588-1629), dies at 57
- Jan 27 Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer, dies at 68
- Feb 13 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera, dies at 61 (date approximate)
- Mar 16 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of William I of Orange and Anna of Saxony, dies at 59
- Mar 29 Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
- Apr 8 Willem Teellinck, Dutch pastor and theologian, dies at 50
- Apr 19 Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer, dies at about 47 [details are sketchy]
- May 29 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer and member of Great Council, dies at about 74
Piet Heyn (1577-1629)
Jun 18 Dutch privateer who captured a Spanish silver fleet and admiral who became a folk hero, shot by cannonball during a skirmish with privateers at 51
- Jun 24 Charles Scribani, Flemish jesuit and author, dies at 67
- Jul 13 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44
- Aug 21 Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
- Sep 5 Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c. 1585)
- Sep 21 John Pieterszoon Coen, Dutch merchant and Governor-General of the East Indies, dies at 42
- Oct 2 Antonio Cifra, Italian composer dies at about 45
- Oct 2 Jeronimus Cornelisz, Dutch official who led coup among shipwrecked survivors of the Batavia, hung for leading the murder of 124 of them [1]
- Oct 2 Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and mystic (founded Congregation of the French Oratory), dies at 54
- Oct 3 Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
- Nov 15 Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
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