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   France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain on this day in history.   

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

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

May 19   In the year 1601 costanzo Porta, Italian composer   

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

Jul 30   Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius in the year 1601.   

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

Sep 27   In the year 1601 louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)   

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

Oct 21   Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1601 jose Ximenez, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 19   Costanzo Porta, Italian composer died on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54