- Jan 9 Werner Fabricius, German composer, dies at 45
- Jan 14 Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- Feb 3 Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
- Feb 5 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and dramatist (Jephtha), dies at 91
- Feb 23 Anne Conway, English philosopher, dies at 47
- Mar 16 John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
- Mar 26 Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
- Mar 27 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
- Apr 17 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
- Apr 18 Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, German poet, dies at 62
- May 1 Esaias Reusner, German lutenist and composer, dies at 43
- May 3 James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
- May 26 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1651-79), dies at 42
- Jun 15 Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
- Jun 27 Pablo Bruna, Spanish blind composer, dies at 68
- Jul 8 Samuel Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies (b. 1642)
- Jul 11 William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
- Aug 6 John Snell, British royalist, dies at 49 or 50
- Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
- Aug 24 Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
- Sep 17 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish general/govenor of Netherlands, dies at 50
- Sep 20 Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch vice admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
- Oct 12 William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
- Oct 24 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66
- Oct 26 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist, dies at 58
- Nov 30 Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Dec 4 English philosopher (Leviathan), dies of a stroke at 91
