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   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   On this day in history earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London  

Feb 13   John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London in the year 1601.  

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

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

May 02   On this day in history athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

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

Jun 07   Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid in the year 1601.  

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1601 michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies  

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

Sep 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1601 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   Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy on this day in history.  

Dec 25   In the year 1601 jose Ximenez, composer  

Jan 08   Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born in the year 1601.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1601.  

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

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

Apr 10   On this day in history death of mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)  

May 19   In the year 1601 death of costanzo Porta, Italian composer  

Aug 09   Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) died on this day in history.  

Aug 19   In the year 1601 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.