Today in History for Year 1601
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Months in Year 1601: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
Jan 7th - Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
Jan 14th - Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome
Jan 17th - France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
Feb 8th - Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
Feb 13th - John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
Jun 7th - Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
Jul 30th - Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius
Aug 6th - Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
Aug 27th - Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
Oct 21st - Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto
Nov 24th - Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 11 of 11
Jan 8th - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
Jan 31st - Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter
Mar 19th - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
May 2nd - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
May 27th - Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
Aug 17th - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]
Aug 22nd - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
Sep 22nd - Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III
Sep 27th - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)
Nov 14th - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
Dec 25th - Jose Ximenez, composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Feb 25th - Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
Apr 10th - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
May 19th - Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
Aug 9th - Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)
Aug 19th - Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies
Oct 13th - Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague
Oct 24th - Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
