González Blázquez, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Plasencia (1695–1698) (b. 1630) December 16 – Simone Pignoni, Italian painter (b. 1611) December 26 – Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal and the last count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (b. 1622) date unknown Nicholas Barbon, English economist (b. c. 1640) Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, Flemish alchemist (b. 1614) in fiction – Mircalla Karnstein, Countess of Karnstein (b. 1680) References