Historical Events In 1601
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Jan 07 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth. 


Jan 14 Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome 


Jan 17 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain. 


Jan 31 Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter. 


Feb 08 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London 


Feb 13 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. 


Feb 25 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 


Mar 19 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada). 


May 02 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern). 


May 19 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer. 


Jun 07 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid. 


Jul 30 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 


Aug 06 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius 


Aug 19 Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies. 


Aug 27 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world. 


Sep 22 Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III. 


Sep 27 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43). 


Oct 13 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague 


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


Oct 24 Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 


Nov 24 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 


Dec 25 Jose Ximenez, composer. 


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