Famous Deaths In 1601

Feb 25 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth died in the year 1601.

Apr 10 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562) died on this day in history.

May 19 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer died on this day in history.

Aug 09 On this day in history death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)

Aug 19 On this day in history michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies

Oct 13 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague in the year 1601.

Oct 24 On this day in history tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54

Jan 08 In the year 1601 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)

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 in the year 1601.

May 02 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born in the year 1601.

May 27 Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.

Aug 17 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born in the year 1601.

Aug 22 On this day in history 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.