- Oct 6 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
- Oct 7 Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit, dies at 92
- Oct 8 Isaac Elsevier, Dutch book publisher (House of Elzevir), dies at 55
- Oct 10 Philippus Rovenius [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77
- Oct 22 Jacob Praetorius, German Baroque organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 65
- Oct 27 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer, poet and mayor of Hoorn, dies at 65