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1648 deaths

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18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1640–1648)

Christian IV of Denmark

king of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648)

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)

Tirso de Molina

Spanish writer (c. 1583-c.1648)

Władysław IV Vasa

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1595-1648)

Joseph Calasanz

Spanish writer and saint

George I Rákóczi

Hungarian prince of Transylvania

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

English soldier and poet (1583–1648)

Vincent Voiture

Claudia de' Medici

Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)

Claude Françoise de Lorraine

Princess of Lorraine

Caspar Barlaeus

Dutch polymath (1584-1648)

Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

Countess of Orange-Nassau by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg (1578-1648)

Diego de Saavedra Fajardo

Spanish diplomat (1584-1648)

Arngrímur Jónsson

Icelandic writer

Chinese female general in Ming dynasty

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574-1648)

Juan Gómez de Mora

He was the architect of King Philip II, III, IV.

Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk

Eastern Orthodox saint

Michele Mazzarino

Italian cardinal

Alexander of Montenegro

European braggart, self claimed to be the Son of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III

Simone Cantarini

Italian etcher and painter (1612-1648)

Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

Countess Palatine and Duchess of Birkenfeld (1607-1648)

Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl

Novohispanic Mexican historian (1569-1650)

Cvijeta Zuzorić

Croatian writer and poet

Japanese philosopher

Francis Ferdinand de Capillas

Spanish Dominican friar, martyr and saint (1607-1648)

Ulrich II, Count of East Frisia

Ruler of East Frisia in the later years of the Thirty Years' War (1605-1648)

Jesuit missionary and martyr (1601-1648)

Maksym Kryvonis

Ukrainian cossack

Melchior Inchofer

Hungarian jesuit

Hezarpare Ahmed Paşa

Ottoman grand vizier (1650–1648)

Peter Melander Graf von Holzappel

Protestant military leader in the Thirty Years' War (1589-1648)

Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron

English politician and general (1584-1648)

Wilhelm Lamormaini

Luxembourgian theologian (1571-1648)

Venetian rabbi and polymath

Stephen Bethlen

Prince of Transylvania

Antônio Filipe Camarão

Brazilian soldier

Lefkeli Mustafa Paşa

Ottoman Grand Vizier

Ivan III Drašković

Croatian nobleman and soldier (1603-1648)

French architect and engineer

Dalmatian renaissance musician and composer

Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern

German psalmist, musician and statesman (1594-1648)

Lelio Falconieri

Catholic cardinal

Mistress of Christian IV of Denmark

Dutch painter (1583-1648)

George Gillespie

Minister of the Church of Scotland, theologian (1613-1648)

Nguyễn Phúc Lan

Vietnamese ruler

English composer, lutenist, viol player and poet

Johann Stadlmayr

German composer (1575–1648)

French writer (1590-1648)

Martin Hermann Faber

painter, architect, and cartographer from Germany (1587-1648)

Prince David of Kakheti

prince of the royal house of Kakheti

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti

Italian composer and choirmaster

Luxembourgish soldier

Thalun (, ; 17 June 1584 – 27 August 1648) was the eighth king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). During his 19-year reign, Thalun successfully rebuilt the war-torn country which had been under constant warfare for nearly a century since the 1530s. Thalun instituted many administrative reforms and rebuilt the economy of the kingdom.