(d. 1933) (claimed) Deaths January 8 – Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1623) January 18 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town (b. 1619) January 31 – Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (b. 1617) February 9 – George Horner, English politician (b. 1605) February 21 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632) March 18 – Marie Luise von Degenfeld, morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine of Germany (b. 1634) March 28 – Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607) April 22 – Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz, Austrian field marshal and prince (b. 1609) May 4 – Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) May 20 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b. 1612) May 22 – William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1593) May 23 – John, Count of Nassau-Idstein (1629–1677) (b. 1603) May 24 – Anders Bording, Danish writer (b. 1619) June 11 – Jacques Esprit, French writer (b. 1611) June 23 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647) June 18 – Johann Franck, German poet and hymnist (b. 1618) June 26 – Francesco Buonamici, Italian architect, painter and engraver (b. 1596) July 11 – Timothy Turner, English judge, actor (b. 1585) July 27 – Johannes Loccenius, German historian (b. 1598) July 30 – Fabian von Fersen, Swedish soldier (b. 1626) August Matthew Locke, English composer (b. 1621) Joseph Pardo, English-Jewish hazzan (b. c. 1624) August 1 – George Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1669–1671) (b. 1626) August 20 – Pierre Petit, French astronomer, military engineer, and physicist (b. 1594) August 28 – Wallerant Vaillant, painter of the Dutch Golden Age (b. 1623) September 11 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611) September 12 Tønne Huitfeldt, Norwegian landowner and military officer (b. 1625) Camillo Massimo, Italian cardinal, patron of the arts (b. 1620) October 9 – Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken and general sergeant of the Holy Roman Empire at the Rhine (b. 1632) October 14 – Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic, Polish poet (b. 1597) November 2 – Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1595) November 9 – Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603) November 11 Johann Weikhard of Auersperg, Austrian prime minister (b. 1615) Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1619) November 14 – Matthias Abele, Austrian jurist, mine official (b. 1618) December 13 – Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk, English