- Jan 2 Harbottle Grimston, English politician, dies at 82
- Jan 6 Malachias Siebenhaar, Bohemian-German composer, dies at 68
Charles II
Feb 6 Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
- Feb 11 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
- Feb 24 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
- Mar 22 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
- May 2 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
- May 15 Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
- May 26 Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
- May 28 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
- Jun 30 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55
- Jul 15 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II, executed at 36
- Jul 23 Pietro Reggio, Italian composer and musician, dies at 53
- Jul 28 Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
- Aug 8 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna), dies at 75
- Sep 1 Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
- Oct 3 Fidel Molitor, Swiss composer, dies at 58
- Oct 12 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59
- Oct 12 Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
- Oct 12 Gerard Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian, dies at 59
- Oct 30 Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. 1603)
- Dec 12 John Pell, British mathematician and diplomat, dies at 74