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- March/April – John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year.[1]
- unknown date – A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature.[2]
- February 28 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist writer (born 1604)
- April 12 – John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War (born 1582)
- May – Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet (born 1602)
- May 5 – Mary (née Powell), English wife of John Milton (born 1625)
- June 25 – Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, poet, and hymn writer (born 1593)
- August 14 – Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer, proprietor of the House of Elzevir (born 1592)
- October – Arthur Wilson, English playwright, historian, and poet (born 1595)
- October 8 – John Greaves, English antiquary (born 1602)
- October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1611)
- November 29 – Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian, novelist, dramatist and collector (born 1587)
- December 2 – Christopher Elderfield, English theologian (born 1607)[3]
- December 23 – John Cotton, English-born American theologian and minister (born 1585)