1661 deaths

French cardinal and statesman

Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638–1661)

French mathematician and engineer

English churchman and historian (1608–1661)

The seventh guru of Sikhism

Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)

Albanian Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580-1661)

painter active in Rome (1599-1661)

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Moldavian prince

Flemish painter and engraver (1611–1661)

Heir apparent to the Spanish throne.

Persian mystic, poet and saint

painter and engraver (1595-1661)

French Baroque composer

Chinese merchant, pirate, admiral (1604-1661)

Prince of the Mughal Empire/Governor of Bengal

King of Kakheti (1589–1661) (r. 1605-1616 and 1625-1648)

Flemish painter and Jesuit (1590-1661)

French poet (1594-1661)

thumb|1904 photo of Profile Rock in [[Assonet, Massachusetts; local Wampanoags believe it represents Massasoit.]] Massasoit Sachem ( ) or Ousamequin (1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck.

Governed Scotland during Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1607-1661)

Mughal prince (1624-1661)

French poet (1625-1661)

German author

Chinese writer

Dutch painter (1603–1661)

Italian mystic and nun

Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian

Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service (1580-1661)

Dutch Golden Age painter (c.1591-1661)

Dutch-English painter (1593-1661)

Flemish painter (1612-1661)

German musician, grandfather of J. S. Bach (1613-1661)

Italian cardinal

German noble

Polish poet and writer

Flemish still life painter (1587-1661)

French Cistercian abbess (1591-1661)

Catholic cardinal (1593-1661)

German humanist (1596-1661)

Spanish general and noble (1598-1661)

Dutch painter (c.1600-1661)

British bishop

daimyo of the ealy Edo period; 1st lord of Mito, founder of Mito branch (1603-1661)

Italian painter (1609-1662)

Prince of Transylvania

Prince of Moldova

French writer

Dutch Golden Age portrait painter (1592-c.1661)

prince of Mingrelia

daimyo of the early Edo period. Ometsuke of Tokugawa shogunate

Italian writer

Sultan of Brunei

Dutch art dealer

French composer

Flemish painter and merchant (1591-1661)

Russian statesman

Scottish noble

politician