Editing 1615

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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[New Netherland Company]] is granted a three-year [[monopoly]] in [[North America]]n trade, between the [[40th parallel north|40th]] and [[45th parallel north|45th]] [[Circle of latitude|parallels]].
* [[January 30]] &ndash; Japan's diplomatic mission to Europe, led by [[Hasekura Tsunenaga]], meets with [[Philip III of Spain|King Philip III of Spain]] at [[Madrid]] and presents an offer of a treaty.
* [[February 2]] &ndash; Sir [[Thomas Roe]] sets out to become the first ambassador from the court of the [[King of England]] to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Jahangir]],<ref name="Cassell's Chronology 243248">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243 243–248]}}</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Michael|last=Strachan|title=Roe, Sir Thomas (1581–1644)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23943|access-date=2012-10-09|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23943}} </ref> departing from Tilbury Hope on the ship ''Lyon'' under the command of captain [[Christopher Newport]]. <ref>Thomas Roe, as edited by Sir William Foster, ''The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as Narrated in His Journal and Correspondence'' (Hakluyt Society, 1899) p. 28 ("All being ready, on February 2, 1615, Roe embarked with fifteen followers in the Lion at Tilbury Hope.")</ref>
* [[February 17]] &ndash; Japan's envoy to Europe, Hasekura Tsunenaga, receives a Christian baptism by the royal chaplain, Diego de Guzmán, and receives the European name Felipe Francisco Hasekura. <ref>"The Perception of the Japanese in Early Modern Spain: Not Quite 'The Best People Yet Discovered'", by Christina H. Lee, in ''EHumanista'' (2008) pp. 358–359 </ref>
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[John Ogilvie (saint)|John Ogilvie]], a Jesuit priest, is [[Hanged, drawn and quartered|hanged and drawn]] at [[Glasgow Cross]] in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] for refusing to pledge allegiance to [[King James VI of Scotland]]; he will be [[canonised]] in 1976, becoming the only post-[[Scottish Reformation|Reformation]] Scottish saint.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The [[Wignacourt Aqueduct]] is inaugurated in [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]].
* [[May 6]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Tyrnau]] is signed between [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor]], and [[Gábor Bethlen]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sir Adolphus William Ward|author2=Sir George Walter Prother|author3=Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes|title=The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by Lord Acton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vNZFAAAAYAAJ|year=1934|publisher=Macmillan|page=11}}</ref>
* [[June 2]] &ndash; The first [[Récollet]] [[missionaries]] arrive at [[Quebec City]], from [[Rouen]], [[Kingdom of France|France]].
* [[June 3]]  &ndash; The Eastern Army of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and the Osaka Army of [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] clash during the [[Battle of Dōmyōji]] and the [[Battle of Tennōji]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; Forces under shōgun [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] take [[Osaka Castle]] in [[Japan]], beginning a period of peace which lasts nearly 250 years. Bands of Christian samurai support Ieyasu's enemies at the [[Battle of Osaka]].
* [[June 21]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Asti]] is concluded between the [[Spanish Empire]] and [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Lesaffer, Randall|title=Peace Treaties and International Law in European History: From the Late Middle Ages to World War One|url=https://archive.org/details/peacetreatiesint00lesa|url-access=limited|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/peacetreatiesint00lesa/page/n61 39]|isbn=9780521827249}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 7]] &ndash; In Japan, the ''Buke shohatto'', a 19-section law setting a standard of conduct for individual warlords (daimyo) and their responsibilities to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], is proclaimed by the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada before the assembled daimyo at Fushimi Castle in Kyoto. <ref>"Buke shohatto", by Kiri Paramore, in ''Japan at War: An Encyclopedia'', ed. by Louis G. Perez (ABC-CLIO, 2013) pp. 40-41</ref>
* [[August 9]] &ndash; Swedish troops led by King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] begin the [[Siege of Pskov (1615)|siege of the Russian city]] of [[Pskov]], but fail to take the fortress after 12 weeks. The siege ends on October 27. 
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Álvaro III of Kongo|Alvaro III Nimi a Mpanzu]] becomes the new ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kongo]] (located in southwestern Africa in what is now Angola) upon the death of his brother, [[Bernardo II of Kongo|Bernardo II Nimi a Nkanga]]. 
* [[August 30]] &ndash; A [[Spanish treasure fleet]] of 41 ships is struck in the Gulf of Mexico by a powerful storm that sinks the ship ''San Miguel'' 
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 17th century#1600–1624|The San Leoncio Day hurricane]] strikes the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[1615 Arica earthquake|An estimated 7.5 magnitude earthquake]] strikes [[Arica]] (now part of [[Chile]] in the Spanish colonial [[Viceroyalty of Peru]] and collapses the city's fort, but causes no deaths.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Los Baños, Laguna]], is founded by Spanish colonists on [[Luzon]] island in the [[Philippines]].
* [[September 20]] &ndash; Japanese diplomat [[Hasekura Tsunenaga]] and his entourage become the first officials from Japan to visit Italy, and are received in [[Rome]] by Cardinal Burgecio

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; The [[Slaying of the Spaniards|Spánverjavígin]], the last massacre to be carried out in Iceland, begins as 14 [[History of Basque whaling|Basque Whalers]] from [[Spain]] are murdered at [[Thingeyri]] while sleeping. Another 18 are killed on October 13, including Captain Martín de Villafranca. The 31 had been survivors of a shipwreck on Iceland in September. 
* [[October 27]] &ndash; In Russia, the [[Siege of Pskov (1615)|siege of Pskov]] ends with the withdrawal of Swedish Army troops. The siege is the last battle of the [[Ingrian War]].
* [[November 3]] &ndash; Japanese diplomat [[Hasekura Tsunenaga]] and his delegation are received by [[Pope Paul V]] in [[Rome]], and present a request for trade between the Roman Catholic Church and the Japanese shogunate<ref> "A Quarter Century of Trans-Pacific Diplomacy: New Spain and Japan, 1592–1617", by W. Michael Mathes, ''Journal of Asian History'' (1990) pp. 1–29</ref> 
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The Portuguese freighter ''Nossa Senhora da Luz'', carrying 150 crew and a cargo of Chinese and Burmese goods, sinks in a storm near the Azores.  
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Alexandru Movilă]] is installed as [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince of Moldavia]] by Poland as Prince [[Ștefan IX Tomșa]] is driven from the throne.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Louis XIII|King Louis XIII of France]] marries [[Anne of Austria|Princess Ana María Mauricia]], the 14-year-old daughter of [[Philip III of Spain|King Philip III of Spain]]. The two had been legally united in a marriage by proxy on October 18.
* [[November]] &ndash; The [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] under [[Jahangir]] launch the first offensive against [[Kajali, Palghar|Kajali]], a border post of the [[Ahom kingdom]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; In the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian Republic]], [[Giovanni Bembo]] is elected chief executive as the new [[List of Doges of Venice|Doge of Venice]] after the October 31 death of [[Marcantonio Memmo]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; In [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[John Winthrop]], later governor of the future [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near [[Groton, Suffolk]].
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Borja y Aragón]] becomes the new [[List of viceroys of Peru|Viceroy of Peru]], a colony of Spain encompassing all of [[Spanish language]]-speaking [[South America]] and what are now the nations of Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay. 
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[Uskok War]] begins after the ports of the Holy Roman Empire on the Adriatic Sea are blockaded by the Republic of Venice, which has hired English and Dutch mercenaries.

=== Date unknown ===
* Easter &ndash; Persian [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]] hordes, led by Shah [[Abbas the Great]], kill all the monks at the [[David Gareja monastery complex]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and set fire to its collection of manuscripts and works of art.
* [[Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury]], is released from the [[Tower of London]], in recognition of her role in helping to discover the murder of Sir [[Thomas Overbury]].
* The [[Somers Isles Company]] is founded to administer [[Bermuda]].
* [[John Browne (King's Gunfounder)|John Browne]] is created the first ''King's Gunfounder'' in England.
* Austrian merchants receive economic privileges in the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[The Perse School]] in [[Cambridge]], England, is founded by Dr [[Stephen Perse]].
* [[Wilson's School]] in [[Wallington, London|Wallington]], near London, is founded by Royal Charter.
* The [[Grolsch Brewery]] is founded in [[Groenlo]], [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]].
* Konoike Shinroku opens an office in [[Osaka]], and begins shipping tax-rice from western [[Japan]] to Osaka.
* [[Johannes Kepler]] publishes ''Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo'', in response to [[Galileo]]'s discovery of [[Jupiter]]'s moons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Crerar Current|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pv0OAQAAIAAJ|year=1954|page=6}}</ref>
* [[Manuel Dias the Younger|Manuel Dias]], a Portuguese [[Jesuit China missions|Jesuit missionary]], introduces the [[telescope]] for the first time in [[China]], in his book ''Tian Wen Lüe'' (''Explicatio Sphaerae Coelestis'').
* The second volume of [[Miguel de Cervantes]]'s ''[[Don Quixote]] ("El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha")'' is published, and is as successful as the first. ''Don Quixote'' eventually becomes the only truly famous work its author ever writes.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Govaert Flinck Self Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Govert Flinck]]]]
[[File:Pieter de Groot, circle of Adriaen Hanneman.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Pieter de Groot]]]]
[[File:Heinrich Bollandt - Erdmann August, Crown Prince of Brandenburg-Bayreuth - WGA02373.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]]]]
[[File:Richard Baxter Colour.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Richard Baxter]]]]

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Richard Waldron]], colonial settler, acting President of the Province of New Hampshire (d. [[1689]])
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London]], English politician (d. [[1680]])
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Henrik Bjelke]], Norwegian military officer (d. [[1683]])
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[John Biddle (Unitarian)|John Biddle]], English theologian (d. [[1662]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Karmabai]], Indian Jat known as Bhakt Shiromani Karmabai (d. [[1634]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Govert Flinck]], Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age (d. [[1660]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Fouquet]], French Superintendent of Finances (d. [[1680]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Saint Vincent de Paul|title=Correspondence, Conferences, Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fk5SAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=New City Press|isbn=978-1-56548-085-8|page=207|language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Thomas Rolfe]], only child of Pocahontas and her English husband (d. [[1675]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Maria Caterina Farnese]], Duchess of Modena and Reggio (d. [[1646]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Isaac Thornton]], English politician (d. [[1669]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve]], illegitimate son of King Christian IV of Denmark and his mistress (d. [[1645]])
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Johann Weikhard of Auersperg]], Austrian prime minister (d. [[1677]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent XII]] (d. [[1700]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ludwig Freiherr von Pastor|title=The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9t7NOFRqVqoC|year=1940|publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company|page=571|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Carafa]], Grandmaster of the Order of Saint John (d. [[1690]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Dara Shikoh]], Indian prince (d. [[1659]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh]], English female scientist (d. [[1691]])
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Pieter de Groot]], Dutch diplomat (d. [[1678]])
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Cosimo Ruggeri]], Italian astrologer

===April&ndash;June===
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Charles Cotterell]], English courtier (d. [[1701]])
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[John Wright (Ipswich MP)|John Wright]], British politician (d. [[1683]])
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Edward Rawson (politician)|Edward Rawson]], American settler (d. [[1693]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Jacques Goulet]], early pioneer in New France (now Québec) (d. [[1688]])
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Klas Hansson Bjelkenstjerna]], Swedish naval officer and civil servant (d. [[1662]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Richard Neville (soldier)|Richard Neville]], English soldier and MP (d. [[1676]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Giles Strangways]], English politician (d. [[1675]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Samuel Sandys (Royalist)|Samuel Sandys]], English politician (d. [[1685]])
* [[June 20]] (or [[July 31]]) &ndash; [[Salvator Rosa]], Italian painter (d. [[1673]])

===July&ndash;September===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Samuel Hales]], Connecticut settler and politician (d. [[1693]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Sir Thomas Sclater, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1684]])
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Marguerite of Lorraine]], princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (d. [[1672]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Charles de Noyelle]], French Jesuit Superior General (d. [[1686]])
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[John Sherburne (pioneer)|John Sherburne]], American colonial (d. [[1693]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise]] (d. [[1688]])
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[John Sadler (town clerk)|John Sadler]], British town clerk (d. [[1674]])
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Mary Bradbury]], accused Salem, Massachusetts witch (d. [[1700]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[John Birch (soldier)|John Birch]], English politician (d. [[1691]])
* [[September 12]]
** [[Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel]], Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe (d. [[1670]])
** [[William Turner (Lord Mayor)|William Turner]], British politician (d. [[1693]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Pedley]], English politician (d. [[1685]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Spinola]], Italo-Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1704]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Bach]], German organist and composer (d. [[1692]])
===October&ndash;December===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Hugh Bethell (died 1679)|Hugh Bethell]], English [[Member of Parliament]] and High Sheriff (d. [[1679]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]], Hereditary Margrave (d. [[1651]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Ove Juul]], Governor-General of Norway (d. [[1686]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]], member of the House of Wettin (d. [[1691]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire|Ibrahim]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1648]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Richard Baxter]], English Puritan church leader (d. [[1691]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Orme|title=The Life and Times of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His Writings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5gLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9|year=1831|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|pages=9}}</ref>
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Richard Norton of Southwick Park]], English politician (d. [[1691]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Francis Dane]], American colonial priest (d. [[1697]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Philip William, Elector Palatine]] (d. [[1690]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg]] (d. [[1690]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Nicodemus Tessin the Elder]], Swedish architect (d. [[1681]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford]], English noble (d. [[1684]])
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt]], German duke (d. [[1682]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Benedict Arnold (governor)|Benedict Arnold]], Rhode Island colonial governor (d. [[1678]])
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Charles Scarborough]], English physician, mathematician (d. [[1694]])
* Date unknown: 
**[[Osoet Pegua]], Thai businesswoman (d. [[1658]])
**[[Gironima Spana]], Italian poisoner (d. [[1659]])
**[[John Lacy (playwright)|John Lacy]], English actor and playwright (d. [[1681]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Agnolo Bronzino - Maria (di Cosimo I) de' Medici.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Virginia de' Medici]]]]
[[File:John Ogilvie martyr.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[John Ogilvie (saint)|John Ogilvie]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Cherubini Alberti.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Cherubino Alberti]]]]
[[File:Gervase.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Gervase Helwys]]]]
[[File:Anonymous Portrait of Gerard Reynst circa 1650.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Gerard Reynst]]]]
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Virginia de' Medici]], Italian princess (b. [[1568]])
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Roger Fenton (clergyman)|Roger Fenton]], English clergyman (b. [[1565]])
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Claudio Acquaviva]], Italian Jesuit priest, elected (in [[1581]]) the 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. [[1543]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Giambattista della Porta]], Italian scholar, polymath, playwright (b. [[1535]])
* [[February 3]] or [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Dom Justo Takayama]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1552]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Hans von Aachen]], German painter (b. [[1552]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Pieter Both]], first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. [[1568]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[John Ogilvie (saint)|John Ogilvie]], Scottish Catholic Jesuit martyr (b. [[1579]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Henry Pierrepont (politician)|Henry Pierrepont]], English politician (b. [[1546]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Valois]], Queen of France (b. [[1553]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Of Valois {{!}} queen consort of Navarre {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-of-Valois |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=15 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Miklós Istvánffy]], Hungarian politician (b. [[1538]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[William Lower (astronomer)|William Lower]], British astronomer (b. [[1570]])
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Adriaan van Roomen]], Flemish mathematician (b. [[1561]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona]], Spanish noble and diplomat (b. [[1563]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[John Perrin (translator)|John Perrin]], English translator (b. [[1558]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[Henry Bromley (died 1615)|Henry Bromley]], English politician (b. [[1560]])
** [[William Wilson (priest)|William Wilson]], English priest (b. [[1545]])
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Dirck van Os]], Dutch merchant (b. [[1556]])
* [[June 2]] 
** [[Kuwana Yoshinari]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1551]])
** [[Kimura Shigenari]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1593]])
* [[June 3]] 
** [[Hattori Masanari]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1565]])
** [[Sanada Yukimura]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1567]])
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Ujiie Yukihiro]], Japanese samurai and feudal lord, from the Sengoku period to the beginning of Edo period (b. [[1546]])
* [[June 23]]
** [[Roland Lytton]], English politician (b. [[1561]])
** [[Mashita Nagamori]], minor Japanese ''[[daimyō]]'' (b. [[1545]])

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia]] (b. [[1550]])
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Evert Horn]], Swedish soldier (b. [[1585]])
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Melchior Vulpius]], German singer and composer (b. [[1570]])
* [[August 23]] &ndash; Duke [[François de Joyeuse]] (b. [[1562]])
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Étienne Pasquier]], French lawyer and man of letters (b. [[1529]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano]] (b. [[1572]])
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Vitus Miletus]], German theologian (b. [[1549]])
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Arbella Stuart]], English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. [[1575]])

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Hasan Kafi Pruščak]], Bosnian scholar and judge (b. [[1544]])
* [[October 16]]
** [[Françoise de Cezelli]], French war hero (b. [[1558]])
** [[Ferenc Forgách, Archbishop of Esztergom]], Roman Catholic archbishop (b. [[1560]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Cherubino Alberti]], Italian engraver and painter (b. [[1553]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Marcantonio Memmo]], Doge of Venice (b. [[1536]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1585]])
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[John Leveson]], English politician (b. [[1555]])
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Anne Turner (murderer)|Anne Turner]], English murderer (b. [[1576]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Gervase Helwys]], English murderer (b. [[1561]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Sethus Calvisius]], German calendar reformer (b. [[1556]])
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham]], English politician and Baron (b. [[1577]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[George Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg]] (b. [[1591]])
*  November &ndash; [[Edward Wright (mathematician)|Edward Wright]], English mathematician and cartographer (b. [[1561]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Gerard Reynst]], Dutch merchant (b. c. [[1558]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[August of Saxony]], German prince (b. [[1589]])

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