Deaths 1661

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january 19 – thomas venner, english fifth monarchist (executed)
january 25 – john hele, english politician (b. 1626)
january 29 – bartolomeo gennari, italian painter (b. 1594)
february 2 – lucas holstenius, german humanist (b. 1596)
february 5 – shunzhi emperor of china (b. 1638)
february 7 – shah shuja, second son of shah jahan , mumtaz mahal (b. 1616)
march 1 – richard zouch, english jurist (b. 1590)
march 9 – cardinal mazarin, french cardinal , statesman (b. 1602)
march 23 – pieter de molijn, dutch painter (b. 1595)
april 4 – alexander leslie, 1st earl of leven, scottish soldier(b. c. 1580)
april 5 – john webster, colonial settler , governor of connecticut (b. 1590)
april 7 – william brereton, english soldier , politician (b. 1604)
april 11 – lady mary bankes, english defender of corfe castle (b. 1598)
april 19 – joachim gersdorff, danish politician (b. 1611)
may 5 – charles stuart, duke of cambridge (b. 1660)
may 27 – archibald campbell, 1st marquess of argyll, scottish dissenter (beheaded) (b. 1607)
june 3 – gottfried scheidt, german composer (b. 1593)
june 6 – martino martini, italian jesuit missionary (b. 1614)
june 11 – george ii, landgrave of hesse-darmstadt (1626–1661) (b. 1605)
june 13 – henry carey, 2nd earl of monmouth, english politician (b. 1595)
june 21 – andrea sacchi, italian painter of high baroque classicism (b. 1599)
july 7 – adriaan heereboord, dutch philosopher (b. 1613)
july 9 – frederick, count palatine of zweibrücken (b. 1616)
july 17 – alonso perez de leon, spanish conquistador, explorer, man of letters (b. 1608)
august 6 – marie angélique arnauld, french abbess of abbey of port-royal (b. 1591)file:091015-ausa 021.jpg|thumb|120px|michael de sanctis
august 7 – jin shengtan, chinese editor, writer , critic (b. 1608)
august 16 – thomas fuller, english churchman , historian (b. 1608)
august 18 – robert gordon of straloch, scottish cartographer (b. 1580)
august 23 – tokugawa yorifusa, japanese nobleman (b. 1603)
september 7 – james livingstone, 1st viscount kilsyth of scotland (b. 1616)
september 8 – edward vaux, 4th baron vaux of harrowden, english baron (b. 1588)
september 11 – jan fyt, flemish baroque painter (b. 1611)
october 4 – jacqueline pascal, french child prodigy, sister of blaise pascal (b. 1625)
october 6 – guru har rai, sikh guru (b. 1630)
october 9 – sir john norwich, 1st baronet, english member of parliament (b. 1613)
october 15 – jean de la haye, french preacher , biblical scholar (b. 1593)
october 25 – lucas de wael, flemish painter (b. 1591)
october 28

agustín moreto y cavana, spanish playwright (b. 1618)
ottavio amigoni, italian painter (b. 1606)


october 31 – köprülü mehmed pasha, ottoman grand vizier (b 1574)
november 1 – philip prospero, prince of asturias, heir apparent spanish throne (b. 1657)
november 2 – daniel seghers, flemish jesuit brother , painter (b. 1590)
november 10 – bernardino spada, italian catholic cardinal (b. 1594)
november 11 – david ryckaert iii, flemish painter (b. 1612)
november 19

lars kagg, swedish count , military officer (b. 1595)
brian walton, english clergyman , scholar (b. 1600)


december 7 – ariana nozeman, dutch actress (b. ca. 1627)
december 10 – ottaviano jannella, italian sculptor (b. 1635)
december 14 – murad bakhsh, mughal prince (b. 1624)
december 22 – hoshina masasada, japanese daimyo (b. 1588)
december 29 – antoine girard de saint-amant, french poet (b. 1594)
date unknown – jacomina de witte, politically influential dutch woman (b. 1582)