Historical Events In 1601

Jan 07   Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome in the year 1601.  

Jan 17   France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain in the year 1601.  

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1601 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   Costanzo Porta, Italian composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius  

Aug 19   Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies in the year 1601.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 24   Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 in the year 1601.  

Nov 24   Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy in the year 1601.  

Dec 25   Jose Ximenez, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1601 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  

Jan 31   Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter was born in the year 1601.  

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

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

May 27   In the year 1601 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)  

Aug 17   In the year 1601 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

Aug 22   Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born in the year 1601.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Oct 13   On this day in history tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague  

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