Deaths
- February 8 - Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, historian (born 1563)
- March 20 - Johann Georg Gödelmann, German demonological writer (born 1559)
- April 23 - Martin Ruland the Younger, alchemist and editor of his father's writings (born 1569)
- June 8 - Jean Bertaut, poet (born 1552)
- September 22 - Pedro de Ribadeneira, ecclesiastical historian (born 1527)
- date unknown
- Benet Canfield, mystical writer (born 1562)
- Giles Fletcher, the Elder, poet and diplomat (born c.1548)
- John Hamilton, Catholic controversialist (born c.1547)
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