Deaths
- 2 January - Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet, politician (born 1603)
- 6 February - King Charles II of England (born 1630)
- 24 February - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, politician and military leader (born 1629)
- 14 April - Thomas Otway, dramatist (born 1652)
- 15 July - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II (born 1649)
- 28 July - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, statesman (born 1618)
- 12 December - John Pell, mathematician (born 1610)
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