Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts (b. 1616) November 29 – Patrick Gordon, general and rear admiral in Russia (b. 1635) December 7 – Sigmund von Erlach, Swiss politician (b. 1614) December 17 – John Francis Desideratus, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, (1652–1699) (b. 1627) December 22 – Michelangelo Mattei, Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (b. 1628) December 31 – Giulio Dalla Rosa, Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1698–1699) (b. 1642) Date unknown Henry Every, English pirate (b. 1659) References