17th-century deaths

slave concubine of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, mother of Osman II

Flemish painter (1594-1657)

Incan scholar and noble

Russian explorer

Ottoman aviator

Barbary pirate of Dutch descent

Baroque painter (1597–1630)

khan of the Crimean Khanate

Russian explorer

Italian composer and organist

Russian explorer

bearded female court dwarf

Mughal painter

Baroque Russian-Ukrainian composer and music theorist

Italian composer, organist and music theorist

Ashtarkhanid leader

Italian nun and composer

Patriarch of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1602 to 1603 and 1607 to 1612

Vijayanagara emperor

Patriarch of Constantinople

seventh Haseki of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I

Italian Renaissance dancing master

Ukrainian monk and philosopher

Leader of the Khanate of Bukhara from 1599 to 1605

poet, Chinese concubine (1624–1681)

Dutch explorer

Italian economist

Dutch artist (1592 or 1593 – after 1650)

Japanese trader, diplomat, technician; early Japanese contact with the Americas

Athittayawong (, ) was the shortest-reigning monarch of Ayutthaya, ruling for about 36 days in 1629 and often regarded as the last king of the Sukhothai dynasty.

Italian monk (ca 1570–1640)

German astronomer

Italian composer

Aqualtune (fl. 1665-75) was a Kongo princess who was the daughter of an unidentified Manikongo. According to the tradition, she was the mother of Ganga Zumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi.

German writer and astrologer

Russian explorer

Italian-Polish composer

Flemish landscape painter (1586-1656)

Qing dynasty empress

English explorer in North America

Italian Renaissance composer

Italian composer

Mongol prince, historian, and author (1604-c. 1662)

French painter of the Baroque period

16th century geographer

Spanish composer and bassoonist

Vijñānabhikṣu (also spelled Vijnanabhikshu) was a Hindu philosopher from Bihar, variously dated to the 15th or 16th century, known for his commentary on various schools of Hindu philosophy, particularly the Yoga text of Patanjali. His scholarship stated that there is a unity between Vedānta, Yoga, and Samkhya philosophies, and he is considered a significant influence on Neo-Vedanta movement of the modern era.

Iranian historian

French gardener

17th-century Iranian nobleman, official and historian

Spanish missionary

17th century rebel Hetman of the Ukrainian cossacks

Mughal painter

Flemish painter (1585-1641)

composer of the English madrigal school

Dutch explorer and colonist (1580–1624)

American monk

Persian philosopher and priest

Ottoman admiral