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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)