Historical Events In 1601

Jan 07   Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth in the year 1601.  

Jan 14   Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1601 france gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain  

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

Feb 08   On this day in history earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London  

Feb 13   In the year 1601 john Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London  

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

Mar 19   In the year 1601 alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)  

May 02   On this day in history athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

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

Jun 07   On this day in history louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid  

Jul 30   Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius in the year 1601.  

Aug 06   On this day in history spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius  

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

Aug 27   Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world on this day in history.  

Sep 22   Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III in the year 1601.  

Sep 27   Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43) in the year 1601.  

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

Oct 21   In the year 1601 memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto  

Oct 24   Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 in the year 1601.  

Nov 24   Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy in the year 1601.  

Dec 25   Jose Ximenez, composer in the year 1601.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1601 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

Aug 22   Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born in the year 1601.  

Sep 22   Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III was born in the year 1601.  

Feb 25   In the year 1601 death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth  

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

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

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

Aug 19   Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies in the year 1601.  

Oct 13   On this day in history tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague  

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