Famous Birthdays In 1601

Jan 08 Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.

Jan 31 Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter was born on this day in history.

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

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 in the year 1601.

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

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 in the year 1601.

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

Nov 14 In the year 1601 birth of jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)

Dec 25 In the year 1601 birth of jose Ximenez, composer

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 in the year 1601.

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