Deaths
- January 6 - Philip Henslowe, theatre impresario (born 1550)
- February 13 - Anders Sørensen Vedel, historian (born 1542)
- April 22 (Gregorian calendar) - Miguel de Cervantes (born 1547)
- April 23 (Julian calendar) - William Shakespeare (born 1564)
- August 7 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, writer on architecture (born 1548)
- November 23 - Richard Hakluyt, travel writer (born 1552)
- date unknown - Francis Beaumont, dramatist (born 1584)
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