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   France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain in the year 1601.  

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

Feb 08   Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London on this day in history.  

Feb 13   John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London on this day in history.  

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

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

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

May 19   In the year 1601 costanzo Porta, Italian composer  

Jun 07   Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius in the year 1601.  

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

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

Sep 22   On this day in history anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III  

Sep 27   In the year 1601 louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)  

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

Oct 21   Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 on this day in history.  

Nov 24   In the year 1601 earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy  

Dec 25   In the year 1601 jose Ximenez, composer  

Jan 08   In the year 1601 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   On this day in history birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)  

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

May 27   Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born in the year 1601.  

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   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 in the year 1601.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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