Famous Deaths Happened In 1601

Feb 25 On this day in history death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth  

Apr 10 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562) died in the year 1601.  

May 19 On this day in history death of costanzo Porta, Italian composer  

Aug 09 In the year 1601 death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)  

Aug 19 In the year 1601 michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies  

Oct 13 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague on this day in history.  

Oct 24 In the year 1601 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54  

Jan 08 Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born in the year 1601.  

Jan 31 In the year 1601 birth of pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter  

Mar 19 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) was born on this day in history.  

May 02 In the year 1601 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

May 27 On this day in history birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)  

Aug 17 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.  

Aug 22 In the year 1601 birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)  

Sep 22 Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III was born on this day in history.