1638

Births 

 January–March 

 January 1
 Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, French writer (d. 1694)
 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
 Nicolas Steno, Danish pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (d. 1686)
 January 7
 Filippo Bonanni, Italian Jesuit scholar (d. 1723)
 Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German noblewoman (d. 1687)
 January 8 – Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (d. 1665)
 January 12 – Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1701)
 January 20 – Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1690)
 January 21
 David Elias Heidenreich, German poet, dramatist, librettist and translator (d. 1688)
 Beata Rosenhane, Swedish writer (d. 1674)
 February 13 – Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, German nobleman, titular Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1688)
 February 18 – Ikeda Tsunamasa, Japanese daimyō, ruler of the Okayama Domain (d. 1714)
 February 25 – Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, Governor of the Danish West Indies (d. 1683)
 February 28 – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, Scottish nobleman (d. 1710)
 March 6
 Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, First Lord’s  of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
 Statz Friedrich von Fullen, German-born nobleman, Geheimrat of war for Poland (d. 1703)
 March 10 – John Vesey, Irish archbishop (d. 1716)
 March 14 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, critic of Lutheranism (d. 1710)
 March 15 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)
 March 16 – François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary in Canada (d. 1702)
 March 28 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)

 April–June 

 April 2
 Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1689)
 John Covel, English clergyman and scientist, Master of Christ's College (d. 1722)
 May 9 – Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos, Colombian painter (d. 1711)
 May 11 – Guy-Crescent Fagon, French physician and botanist (d. 1718)
 May 12 – Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, Spanish artist (d. 1688)
 May 13 – Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
 May 29 – John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland, English nobleman and politician (d. 1711)
 June 2 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, English nobleman (d. 1709)
 June 3 – Thomas Smith, English scholar (d. 1710)
 June 8 – Pierre Magnol, French botanist (d. 1715)
 June 21 – Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1688)
 June 23 – Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, German noblewoman (d. 1679)
 June 27 – Samuel Frisching, Bernese soldier and politician (d. 1721)
 June 28 – Louise Marie de La Grange d'Arquien, French noblewoman (d. 1728)
 June 29 – Heinrich Meibom, German physicist and scholar (d. 1700)

 July–September 

 July 10 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
 July 11 – Olympia Mancini, French courtier (d. 1708)
 July 15 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian composer (d. 1693)
 July 20 – Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, leading Norwegian general during the Scanian War (d. 1704)
 July 25 – Cristobal of Saint Catherine, Spanish Catholic priest (d. 1690)
 August 3 – William Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1650–1665) (d. 1665)
 August 6 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
 August 7 – John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet, English politician (d. 1680)
 August 13 – Durgadas Rathore, Indian ruler (d. 1718)
 August 15 – Pieter de Graeff, Dutch politician and noble (d. 1707)
 August 22 – Georg Christoph Eimmart, German engraver (d. 1705)
 September 5 – King Louis XIV of France, King of France from 1643 until his death (d. 1715)
 September 10 – Maria Theresa of Spain, French queen, married to Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
 September 19 – Isaac Milles, English minister (d. 1720)
 September 20 – Antonio Gherardi, Italian painter (d. 1702)
 September 21 – Philippe de Courcillon, French officer and author (d. 1720)
 September 30 – Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1705)

 October–December 

 October 7 – Miguel Jerónimo de Molina, Spanish prelate, Bishop of Malta, then of Lleida in Catalonia (d. 1698)
 October 14 – Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena, German noble (d. 1678)
 October 17 – John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1654–1704) (d. 1704)
 October 21 – Lucia Wijbrants, Dutch artist (d. 1719)
 October 31 – Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (d. 1709)
 November 4 – Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, Portuguese nobleman and statesman (d. 1725)
 November 8 – Anton van Dale, Dutch minister (d. 1708)
 November 22 – Christoph Cellarius, German classical scholar (d. 1707)
 November 25 – Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese princess, queen consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
 November 30 – Joachim Feller, German professor at the University of Leipzig (d. 1691)
 December 17 – Anna Sophia II, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Abbesses of Quedlinburg (d. 1683)
 December 24 – Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquis of la Laguna, Spanish nobleman (d. 1692)
 December 25 – Michel Bégon, French ancien regime official (d. 1710)

 Date unknown 

 Hannah Allen, British writer (d. 1668)

 Deaths 

 January 21 – Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. c. 1570)
 January 27 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist (b. c. 1585)
 February 26 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1581)
 March 2 – William Spring of Pakenham, Member of Parliament (b. 1588)
 March 22 – Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b. 1578)
 April 1 – Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough, English politician (b. 1595)
 April 7 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576)
 April 13 – Henri, Duke of Rohan, French Huguenot leader (b. 1579)
 April 19 – Jeremias Drexel, Jesuit writer and professor of rhetoric (b. 1581)
 April 26 – Margareta Brahe, Swedish political activist  (b. 1564)
 May 6
 Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer (b. 1585)
 Gaj Singh of Marwar, Raja of Marwar Kingdom (r (b. 1595)
 May 9 – Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (b. 1585)
 May 27 – Pietro Paolo Floriani, Italian architect (b. 1585)
 June 25 – Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1602)
 July 27 – John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1583)
 July 31 – Sibylla Schwarz, German poet (b. 1621)
 August 3 – Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (b. 1605)
 August 10 – Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1586–1638) (b. 1571)
 August 12 – Baltasar Marradas, Spanish count (b. 1560)
 August 13 – Carolus Mulerius, Dutch Hispanist (b. 1601)
 August 27 – John Hoskins, English poet (b. 1566)
 September – Christoph Besold, German jurist (b. 1577)
 September 5 – Dorothea of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1556)
 September 14 – John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
 September 24 – Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1604–1622) (b. 1573)
 October 6 – Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, Dutch mayor (b. 1579)
 October 4 – Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy (b. 1632)
 October 8 – Raja Wodeyar II, King of Mysore (b. 1612)
 October 14 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
 October 23 – John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, German duke (b. 1566)
 October 28 – Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre, English baron (b. 1599)
 November 9 – Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian (b. 1588)
 November 11 – Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem, Dutch painter (b. 1562)
 November 16 – Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (b. 1572)
 November 19 – Lelio Biscia, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1575)
 November 27
 Redemptus of the Cross, Portuguese Carmelite lay brother and martyr (b. 1598)
 Denis of the Nativity, French sailor and cartographer (b. 1600)
 December 8 – Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589)
 December 13 – Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (b. 1584)
 December 17 – François Leclerc du Tremblay (b. 1577)
 December 23 – Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)

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