Famous Deaths In 1601

Feb 25 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth died on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 17 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born in the year 1601.  

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

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