Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
Sep 3 English general and puritan Lord Protector of England (1653-58), dies at 59
- Sep 22 Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, German poet and translator, dies at 50
- Oct 26 Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies
- Nov 4 Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
- Nov 8 Pieter Floriszoon, Dutch admiral, dies at sea in the Battle of the Sound at about 50
- Nov 8 Witte de With, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at sea in the Battle of the Sound, at age 59
- Nov 15 Jacobus Revius [Reefsen], theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72
- Dec 6 Baltasar Gracian, Spanish writer, dies at 57
- Dec 26 Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide