1678 deaths

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

Flemish painter, draftsman and designer of prints and tapestries (1593-1678)

artist, scientist and philosopher from the Northern Netherlands (1607-1678)

Flemish painter (1601–1678)

Chinese general and rebel (1612-1678)

painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands (1627-1678)

French writer

Dutch painter (1622-1678)

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

French chef

Ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt for 130 days in 1678

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1619–1678)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1616–1678)

German bishop

Dutch physician and naturalist (1611–1678)

Spanish artist (1611–1678)

Flemish painter (1607-1678)

Monegasque princess (1639-1678)

Japanese empress. daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada

German noble

Italian violinist and composer (1642-1678)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1599-1678)

Marshal of France from 1641; Viceroy of Navarre and Béarn, and Governor of Bayonne

Italian noble

English composer

Flemish painter

Mayor of Amsterdam, Dutch Statesman

King of Quilombo dos Palmares

Dutch painter (1623-1678)

Italian composer (1616–1678)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1618-1678)

Flemish painter (1625–1678)

Italian architect and sculptor (1591-1678)

Dutch colonial governor (1606–1678)

Marquess of Montclar, Count of Ayen, from 1663 first Duke of Noailles

French artist (1611–1678)

Izz-un-Nissa Begum was the third wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. She is popularly known by the title, Akbarabadi Mahal (which probably indicates that she hailed from the city of Akbarabad), and commissioned the Akbarabadi Mosque in Shahjahanabad (present-day Old Delhi). Less commonly, she is also referred to as Sirhindi Begum.

English author and translator

Portuguese missionary

French engraver (1623-1678)

Italian painter (1611-1678)

Dutch Golden Age architect (1607–1678)

warrior queen of Belawadi

Sultanah of Aceh

Venetian diplomat, historian and writer

French priest and founder (1642–1678)

Croatian Jesuit and linguist (1609-1678)

Flemish painter (1620-1678)

Count of Lippe, Sternberg and Schwalenberg

Italian painter (1613-1678)

Dutch Golden Age painter (1603-1678)

Dutch painter (1615-1678)

Spanish noble

Dutch painter, poet, draftsman and etcher of landscapes and sea scenes (1627–1678)

German painter (1600-1678)

Flemish painter (1620-1678)

German painter (1615-1678)

The real name of Pari Bibib was “Ramani Gabhoru”.

Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (1608-1678)

painter of the Venetian School (1603–1678)