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Charles XI of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697 (1655-1697)
Francesco Redi
Italian entomologist and poet
John Aubrey
English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)
Eleonore of Austria
Queen of Poland and Duchess of Lorraine
António Vieira
Portuguese diplomat and missionary (1608-1697)
Nicolaus Bruhns
Danish-German organist and composer
Jan de Bray
Dutch painter and draughtsman (1627–1697)
Galdan Boshugtu Khan
Khong Tayiji or khan of the Dzungaria in the 17th century
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
Regent of Württemberg (1652-1698)
Gregorio Barbarigo
Roman Catholic saint
Georg Mohr
Danish mathematician
Niels Juel
Danish admiral (1629-1697)
Libéral Bruant
French architect (1636–1697)
John Adolphus I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
German duke
Jean-Baptiste de Santeul
French writer (1630-1697)
Lucas Faydherbe
Flemish sculptor and architect (1617–1697)
Elmas Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier (1661–1697)
Adrian of Wignacourt
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Abraham Begeyn
Dutch painter (1637-1697)
Simon Henry, Count of Lippe
Count of Lippe-Detmold
Silvius II Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Duke of Oels
Thomas Aikenhead
Scottish student, last person in Britain executed for blasphemy
Jan Kazimierz Denhoff
Catholic cardinal (1649-1697)
Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł
Polish-Lithuanian noble (1643-1697)
Amalia Catherine of Waldeck-Eistenburg
German poet and musician
Stefano degli Angeli
Italian mathematician and philosopher (1623-1697)
Constantijn Huygens Jr.
Dutch astronomer (1628–1697)
Mei Qing
Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, writer and poet (1623-1697)
Willem Doudijns
Dutch painter (1630–1697)
Jacob Breyne
Dutch-Polish botanist and zoologist (1637-1697)
Simon Bradstreet
last governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; husband of poet Anne Bradstreet
Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina
Italian cardinal (1630-1697)
François d'Orbay
French architect (1634–1697)
Gaspar de la Cerda, 8th Count of Galve
Spanish noble (1653-1697)
Valentin Alberti
Philosopher, theologian (1635-1697)
Michelangelo Falvetti
Italian composer (1642-1692)
Domenico Maria Corsi
Italian cardinal
Jacob Boreel
Dutch diplomat and politician (1630-1697)
Santaji Ghorpade
Indian military leader
William Child
English composer and organist; (1606-1697)
Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella
French engraver (1636–1697)
Ann Baynard
British philosopher
Andrea Carlone
Italian painter (1639-1697)
Joseph Labrosse
French missionary
Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto
Kabalistic writer and poet
Ludovico Gimignani
Italian painter (1643-1697)
Kanō Einō
Japanese painter (1631-1697)
Andreas Stech
painter from Danzig (1635-1697)
Giovanni Francesco Grossi
Italian opera singer (1653–1697)
Giuseppe Tricarico
Italian composer (1623-1697)
Georg Christoph Bach
composer, poet and cantor (1642-1697)
Stephen of Piperi
Serbian saint
Georg Händel
German barber-surgeon (1622-1697)
Þórður Þorláksson
Icelandic theologian
Paul-Philippe de Chaumont
French prelate
Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet
English Jacobite conspirator (1645-1697)
Alessandro Rosi
Italian painter (1627-1697)
Gedeon Romandon
court painter in Brandenburg (1667-1697)
Louise Boyer
French noble (1632-1697)
Daniele Giustiniani
Italian Roman Catholic bishop (1615-1697)