- Feb 21 John Thurloe, English Puritan spymaster for Oliver Cromwell (b. 1616)
- Apr 7 William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- May 23 Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
- Jun 20 Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
- Aug 9 Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64
- Aug 23 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies at 58
- Sep 19 William Waller, English soldier
- Nov 16 Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
- Nov 17 Joseph Alleine, English Nonconformist travelling preacher (b. 1634)
- Dec 22 Stephen Day, English-born colonial printer (The Psalms in Meter - 1st book printed in American colonies), dies at about 58