Historical Events In 1601

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

Jan 14   On this day in history church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome  

Jan 17   On this day in history france gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain  

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

Feb 08   Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London in the year 1601.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 02   Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) on this day in history.  

May 19   Costanzo Porta, Italian composer in the year 1601.  

Jun 07   In the year 1601 louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid  

Jul 30   On this day in history spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius  

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

Aug 19   Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 27   In the year 1601 olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world  

Sep 22   In the year 1601 anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III  

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

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

Oct 21   On this day in history memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto  

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

Nov 24   On this day in history earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy  

Dec 25   On this day in history jose Ximenez, composer  

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   On this day in history birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)  

May 02   Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.  

May 27   On this day in history birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)  

Aug 17   Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born in the year 1601.  

Aug 22   In the year 1601 birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)  

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

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

Aug 09   Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) died in the year 1601.  

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

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 in the year 1601.