- Jan 15 John Cosin, English clergyman, dies at 77
- Jan 28 Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France, dies at 83
- Feb 19 Charles Chauncy, American clergyman and President of Harvard College (1654-72), dies at 79
- Apr 22 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar & poet often known as "Father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules), dies at 73
- Apr 30 Marie de l’Incarnation [Marie Guyart], French Ursline nun, teacher and saint (established Catholicism in New France), dies at 72 [1]
- May 5 Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
- May 8 Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
- May 11 Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish peer, dies at 57
- May 28 Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, English soldier, admiral and patron of Samuel Pepys, killed at the Battle of Solebay at 46
- May 28 John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
- Jun 7 Willem Joseph van Gendt [Ghent], Dutch admiral and Governor of Breda, dies struck by artillery during the Battle of Solebay at about 37
- Jun 17 Orazio Benevoli, Franco-Italian composer, dies at 67
- Jun 27 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist, dies at 74
- Jul 3 Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist, dies at 36
- Jul 4 Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, dies at 67
- Jul 4 Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48
Johan de Witt (1625-1672)
Aug 20 Dutch statesman and Grand Pensionary of Holland (1653-72), lynched and partially eaten at 46
- Sep 12 Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
- Sep 16 Anne Bradstreet, New England's first published poet, dies (birth date unknown)
- Oct 12 Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle
- Oct 24 John Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
- Nov 6 Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer, dies at 87
- Nov 19 John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
- Dec 7 Richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
- Dec 16 John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68), dies at 63
Assassination
Drug Overdose
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Plane Crash
Suicide