1605 deaths

Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, – ), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent. He is generally considered one of the greatest emperors in Indian history and led a successful campaign to unify the various kingdoms of Hindūstān or India proper.

pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 (1536–1605)

Russian Tsar (1598–1605)

Tsar of Russia (1605)

Italian naturalist (1522-1605)

fourth Valide Sultan of Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1605

French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519-1605)

English explorer and navigator (1550–1605)

Polish magnate, statesman and military commander (1542–1605)

Naresuan (1555/1556 – 25 April 1605), commonly known as Naresuan the Great, or Sanphet II was the 18th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and the 2nd of the Sukhothai dynasty. He was the king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1590 and overlord of Lan Na from 1602 until his death in 1605. Naresuan is one of Thailand's most revered monarchs as he is known for his campaigns to free Ayutthaya from the vassalage of the First Toungoo Empire. During his reign, numerous wars were fought against Taungoo Burma. Naresuan also welcomed the Dutch.

English conspirator (died 1605)

Italian composer

Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

thumb|260px|Portrait of Stradanus by Hendrick Goltzius, 1591 Johannes Stradanus (Dutch Jan van der Straet or Italian Giovanni Stradano; 1523 – 2 November 1605) was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. His subject range was varied and included history subjects, mythological scenes, allegories, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, architectural scenes and animals. After training in his native Flanders, he left his

French poet and bishop

German scientist

Ottoman grand vizier (1544–1606)

16th-century English historian and antiquarian

Ottoman princess, daughter of Murad III

English conspirator

German playwright and author

daimyo

Mughal prince

the son of Oda Nobutada and lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in the late-16th century

English conspirator

King of Kakheti from 1574 to 1605

Afghan Islamic philosopher and scholar (died 1605/06)

Russian noble

Dutch painter (1550-1605)

Italian architect

Italian painter (1527–1605)

First Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545-1605)

Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1537-1605)

German noblewoman

English noble (1558-1605)

King of Imereti

King of Burma

First wife of Emperor Jahangir

Italian painter (1542-1605)

Italian painter (1559-1605)

Portuguese music teacher and composer

Non-reigning Duke of Pomerania and Lutheran Administrator of Cammin Prince-Bishopric (1557-1605)

Polish-Lithuanian noble

Count of Erbach and Breuberg (1564-1605)

Japanese military personnel

king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia

Italian cardinal

Italian painter (1549-1605)

French noble (1556-1605)

British archbishop (1533-1605)

Catholic cardinal

Dutch botanist (1550-1605)

Italian sculptor

Spanish sinologist

Spanish architect

Ruling count of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1532-1605)

16th-century Azerbaijani poet

(1550–1605)