- Mar 31 Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
- May 7 Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
- Jun 6 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader quartered alive (ns. 16 June)
- Jun 16 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
- Jun 25 Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (Almagestum Novum), dies at 73
- Jul 14 Méric Casaubon, French-English classical scholar (1st to translate Marcus Aurelius into English), dies at 71
- Sep 1 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies at 59
- Oct 26 Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
- Nov 12 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
- Dec 28 Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar, dies at 60