Earl of Totnes, English noble, general and administrator (b. 1555) March 29 – Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. c. 1585) April 8 – Willem Teellinck, Dutch pastor (b. 1579) April 17 – Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Italian princess (b. 1593) May 5 – Szymon Szymonowic, Polish writer (b. 1558) May 19 – Petrus Ryff, Swiss scientist (b. 1552) May 30 – Thomas Schreiber, German innkeeper and alleged witch (b. c. 1598) June 18 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer (b. 1577) July 6 – Georg Friedrich von Greiffenklau, Archbishop of Mainz (b. 1573) July 13 – Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585) August 18 – Vendela Skytte, Swedish noble (b. 1608) August 29 – Pietro Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1562) September 11 – Herman Hugo, Dutch Jesuit priest, writer, military chaplain (b. 1588) September 13 – Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (b. 1564) September 21 – Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1587) September 22 – Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, English noble (b. 1573) October 2 Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575) Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584) October 3 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military commander (b. 1570) October 5 – Heribert Rosweyde, Dutch Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569) October 13 – Petrus Bertius, Flemish theologian and scientist (b. 1565) November – Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter (b. c. 1558) November 9 – Sixtinus Amama, Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist (b. 1593) December 13 – Mikołaj Oleśnicki the younger, Polish noble (b. 1558) December 23 – Giovanni I Cornaro, Doge of Venice (b. 1551) date unknown – Antonio Vassilacchi ("Il Aliense"), Greek Venetian painter (b. 1556) probable – Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (b. c. 1582) References