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  • January 14 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
  • January 29 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
  • February 14 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
  • March 21 - Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
  • April 5 - John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
  • April 29 - Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruijter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
  • June 7 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist
  • July 5 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
  • July 22 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
  • July 25 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
  • August 11 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer
  • September 10 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
  • October 28 - Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
  • November 1 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
  • December 25 - Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
  • December 25 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (b. 1592)