Famous Deaths Happened In 1601

Feb 25 On this day in history 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 In the year 1601 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 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague on this day in history.  

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

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 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 In the year 1601 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

Aug 22 Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

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