Editing 1605 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 16]] – [[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern]] (b. [[1545]])
* [[February 5]] – [[Edward Stafford (diplomat)|Edward Stafford]], English diplomat (b. [[1552]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Maria of Hanau-Münzenberg]], German noblewoman (b. [[1562]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Orazio Vecchi]], Italian composer (b. [[1550]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Girolamo Simoncelli]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1522]])
* [[February 26]] – [[George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg]] (1564–1605) (b. [[1548]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Pope Clement VIII]] (b. [[1536]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement VIII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VIII-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – King [[Alexander II of Kakheti]] (b. [[1527]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Pieter Bast]], Dutch cartographer, engraver and draftsman (b. [[1550]])