Famous Deaths Happened In 1601

Feb 25 On this day in history 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 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1601.  

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

Jan 31 On this day in history 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 in the year 1601.  

May 27 Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born in the year 1601.  

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

Aug 22 On this day in history birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)  

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