- Jan 13 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
- Apr 7 Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
- Aug 27 Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
- Sep 27 Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, dies at 78
- 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 27 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer, poet and mayor of Hoorn, dies at 65
- Nov 20 Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier who fought Cossack rebellions, dies at about 56
- Nov 26 Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
- Dec 6 Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68