1555) March 27 – Sir John Suckling, English politician (b. 1569). April 22 – Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Malian academic (b. 1556) May 2 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560) May 3 – Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford, son of Sir Francis Russell (b. 1572) May 13 – Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (b. 1573) May 18 – Valerius Herberger, German theologian (b. 1562) May 19 – Katharina Henot, German General Postmaster, alleged witch (b. 1570) May 24 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561) June 4 – Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (b. 1605) June 27 – Sir John Hayward, English historian (b. c. 1560) July 4 (bur.) – Thomas Middleton, English playwright (b. 1580) July 17 – Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and politician (b. 1546) August 21 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557) August 27 – Francesco Maria del Monte, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1549) September 20 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar (b. 1560) October 28 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569) November 5 – John Ratcliffe, English politician and soldier (b. 1582) November 8 – Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (b. 1565) December – Madame Ke, influential nanny of the Tianqi Emperor of China (b. c. 1588) December 25 – Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Italian duke and Catholic cardinal (b. 1594) date unknown Hendrick Lucifer, Dutch pirate and buccaneer (b. 1583) Marie Vernier, French actress (b. 1590) References