1596) January 15 Paolo Sarpi, Italian theologian (b. 1552) Leonardus Lessius, Flemish Jesuit theologian (b. 1554) February – Malcolm Macfie, last chief of the Scottish clan Clan Macfie February 8 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546) February 19 – Clara Maria of Pomerania-Barth, German noble (b. 1574) March 7 – Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, Portuguese 55th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1542) March 19 – Philip Sigismund of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German Catholic bishop (b. 1568) March 25 – Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (b. 1555) March 29 – Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French poet (b. 1536) April–June April 14 – John Scudamore, English politician (b. 1542) April 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) April 26 – Bálint Lépes, Hungarian cardinal (b. c. 1570) April 27 – Eric of Lorraine, Bishop of Verdun (b. 1576) May 1 – Matthew Clerke, English politician (b. 1564) May 4 – Asprilio Pacelli, Italian Baroque composer (b. 1570) May 19 – Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542) May 23 – Edward Lawley, English politician (b. 1586) May 26 – Francis Anthony, English apothecary and physician (b. 1550) June 28 – Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Italian noble (b. 1605) July–September July 3 – Claes Michielsz Bontenbal, Dutch civil servant (b. 1575) July 4 – William Byrd, English composer (b. 1543) July 8 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554) July 12 – William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (b. 1557) August 6 – Anne Hathaway, wife of English dramatist William Shakespeare (b. 1555) August 9 – George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count of Nassau-Beilstein (1607–1620), then Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1620–1623) (b. 1562) August 12 Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice (b. 1548) Stefano Pignatelli, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1578) August 31 – Jacob van Wassenaer Duivenvoorde, Dutch admiral (b. 1574) September 1 – Marcantonio Gozzadini, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1574) September 26 – Edwin Sandys, English politician (b. 1591) September 27 – John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1561) September 28 – Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (b. 1577) October–December October 21 – William Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546) October 31 – Deposed Queen Yu, consort of Yi Hon, King Gwanghae of Joseon (b. 1576) November 9 – William Camden, English antiquarian (b. 1551) November 11 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549) November 12 – Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian