1698 deaths

German prince (1629-1698)

Danish scientist, physician and grammarian (1625-1698)

Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks (1627–1698)

Danish countess

Governor of New France

Duke of Courland (1650-1698)

Dutch painter (1638-1698)

German duke

Dutch minister and author

Ottoman calligrapher (1642–1698)

Italian luthier

German-Swedish artist (1628-1698)

French ecclesiastical historian (1637–1698)

German Baroque painter, mostly active in Venice (1632-1698)

Irish natural philosopher and writer on politics

Catholic priest and scholar

politician

Swedish writer, lady-in-waiting

French actress

Italian cardinal

Polish diplomat

French lexicographer

German field marshal and last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1622-1698)

French nun

Flemish Baroque painter (1616-1698)

colonial-era American lawyer, planter, soldier, politician, and the grandfather of George Washington

king of Lan Xang

Swiss theologian

Flemish sculptor active in the Dutch Republic (1624–1698)

Ottoman grand vizier

English doctor

French bibliographer

Flemish alchemist and writer

politician

architect (1620–1698)

French playwright

politician

English politician

17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal

Scottish noblewoman (1626–1698)

Austrian Minister (1636-1698)

French missionary

engraver from the Southern Netherlands (1655–1698)

painter from France (1630-1698)

Italian mathematician and engineer

Governor of New France (1626-1698)

maharana of Mewar

Sultan of Kedah

Italian luthier

English playwright and politician

French poet

Ottoman Grand vizier during the reign of Ahmet II

German painter

French diplomat

Roman Catholic bishop

Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg

English politician (1660-1698)

Italian painter and sculptor (1611-1698)

Italian archaeologist (1633-1698)

Swedish statesman