- Jan 29 Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), dies at 46
- Feb 8 Alexis I [Aleksey Mikhailovich], 1st Romanov Tsar of Russia, dies at 46
- Feb 14 Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
- Mar 21 Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
- Apr 5 John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
- Apr 29 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69
- Jun 1 Creutz, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
- Jun 1 Uggla, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
- Jun 7 Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (b. 1606)
- Jul 5 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
- Jul 22 Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
- Jul 25 François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer, dies at 71
- Aug 12 King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
- Aug 17 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies
- Sep 9 Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French army officer (b. 1612)
- Sep 10 Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
- Sep 17 Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement, dies at 49
- Oct 18 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
- Oct 25 Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64
- Oct 28 Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
- Oct 30 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies
- Nov 1 Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
- Dec 3 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
- Dec 20 John Galle, Flemish engraver and printer, dies at 76
- Dec 25 Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
- Dec 25 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English aristocrat and Royalist general in the English Civil War, dies at 83
- Dec 26 Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies