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 in the year 1601.   

Jan 17   In the year 1601 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 25   On this day in history robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth   

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

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

May 19   On this day in history costanzo Porta, Italian composer   

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

Jul 30   In the year 1601 spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius   

Aug 06   In the year 1601 spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius   

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) on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague in the year 1601.   

Oct 21   Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto in the year 1601.   

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

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

Dec 25   Jose Ximenez, composer in the year 1601.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

Jan 31   In the year 1601 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   On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Costanzo Porta, Italian composer died in the year 1601.   

Aug 09   In the year 1601 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   On this day in history tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague   

Oct 24   In the year 1601 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54