- Jan 6 Mehmed IV, Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-87), dies at 51
- Feb 7 Paul Pellisson, French writer, dies at 68
- Feb 13 Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
- Mar 1 Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, dies at 39
- Apr 4 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, scholar and religious writer prominent in Amsterdam and in Dutch Brazil, dies at 88
- Apr 5 Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle), dies at 65
- Apr 9 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer, dies at 74
- May 3 Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
- May 25 Madame de la Fayette [Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne], French writer (La Princesse de Clèves - 1st historical novel in French), dies at 59
- Jun 2 John Wildman, English soldier and politician
- Jul 12 John Ashby, English admiral
- Jul 13 Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
- Jul 31 Willem Kalf, Dutch 'Golden Age' painter (Still life with nautilus beaker and porcelain lidded bowl), dies at 73 or 74 [exact birthday in 1619, unknown]
- Sep 14 Aert Jansse van Nes, Dutch naval commander, dies at 67
- Sep 19 Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Slovenian polymath and natural historian, dies at 52
- Oct 1 Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
- Oct 26 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71
- Nov 24 William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 76
- Dec 13 Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
- Dec 13 Willem van de Velde the Elder, Dutch seascape painter, dies at about 82
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