Famous Deaths Happened 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 In the year 1601 tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague  

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

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 in the year 1601.  

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

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