1626 deaths

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Nurhaci (14 May 1559 – 30 September 1626), also known by his temple name Emperor Taizu of Qing, was the founding khan of the Jurchen-led Later Jin dynasty.

Dutch astronomer and mathematician

English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer (1563–1626)

French poet (1590-1696)

Italian mathematician (1552–1626)

Monarch of Bavaria

British mathematician

Croatian mathematician and physicist

German noble and military commander (c.1580-1626)

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)

German Protestant military leader during the Thirty Years' War (1599-1626)

German nobleman

Dutch sculptor (c.1556–1626)

Indian warrior (1548-1626)

Catholic cardinal (1587-1626)

English actor (1566–1626)

Empress consort of the Mughal Empire

Savoyard and Modenese Royal

Flemish painter

Japanese Daimyo

Catholic cardinal

French writer

English bishop and scholar

French architect (1571–1626)

German duke

Spanish Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor

English Jacobean dramatist (1585-1626)

First wife of painter Peter Paul Rubens

lord of Wallachia

English writer (1577–1626)

Tsarina of All Russia

Iranian poet, mathematician and calligrapher

English composer, viol player and lutenist

Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (1550-1626)

French engineer (1576–1626)

English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)

Italian painter (c.1553-1626)

Marshal of France (1543-1626)

Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg (1566-1626)

Chinese philosopher (1562–1626)

English dramatist

Italian painter (1571-1626)

Russian historian

Sixth ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India

English poet, lawyer, and politician, born 1569

German alta capella musician

English politician and Earl

, , or : 1573 – September 15, 1626) was a noblewoman in Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period. She was a daughter of Oichi and the sister of Yodo-dono and Ohatsu. When she rose to higher political status during the Tokugawa shogunate, she took the title of "Ōmidaidokoro". Following the fall of the Council of Five Elders, Oeyo and her sisters were key figures in maintaining a diplomatic relationship between the two most powerful clans of their time, Toyotomi and Tokugawa. Due to her great contributions to politics at the beginning of the Edo period she was posthumously inducted in

Spanish/Catalan composer and organist (1570-1626)

Italian painter (1573-1626)

Ban of Croaita

primary consort of Nurhaci, founder of the Qing Dynasty

Flemish painter and draughtsman (1589-1626)

German countess

Catholic cardinal (1592-1626)

Italian cardinal

Mughal Empire prince (1589-1626)

daimyo

French noble