1601
For the Mark Twain work, see 1601 (Mark Twain).*
February 8 -
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against
Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed
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February 25 -
Robert Devereux beheaded
* Jesuit
Matteo Ricci arrives in China
* Bad harvest in
Russia due to rainy summer
* Dutch troops drive Portuguese from
Málaga* Start of
Siege of Kinsale,
Ireland -- the siege started in the Autumn of 1601 and ended in the
Battle of Kinsale, which happened on 3 January 1602 according to the
Gregorian Calendar used by the Irish and Spanish forces in the battle, although, for the English who were still using the old
Julian Calendar, the date of the battle was 24 December 1601
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January 8 -
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish prose writer (died
1658)
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May 2 -
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (died
1680)
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August 17 -
Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d.
1665)
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August 22 -
Georges de Scudéry, French novelist, dramatist and poet (died
1667)
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September 22 -
Anna of Austria, queen of
Louis XIII of France and regent (died
1666)
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September 27 - King
Louis XIII of France (died
1643)
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Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died
1678)
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William Coddington, first governor of Rhode Island (died
1678)
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Jacques Gaffarel, French librarian and astrologer (died
1681)
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Baltasar Gracián, Spanish Jesuit philosopher and writer (died
1658)
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François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (died
1655)
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Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (died
1643)
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Adrian Scrope, English regicide (died
1660)
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Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (died
1667)
See also :Category:1601 births.*
February 25 -
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (born
1566)
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April 10 -
Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier of fortune (born
1562)
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May 19 -
Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (born
1528)
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August 9 -
Mihai Viteazul, Prince of Wallachia (born
1558)
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October 24 -
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (born
1546)
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Scipione Ammirato, Italian historian (born
1531)
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Girolamo Dalla Casa, Italian composer
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John Farmer, English composer (born
1570)
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Claude Fauchet, French historian and antiquary (born
1530)
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Joris Hoefnagel, Dutch painter and engraver (born
1545)
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Juan de Fuca, Greek explorer
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Thomas North, English translator of Plutarch (born
1535)
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Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English statesman (born
1534)
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John Shakespeare, English glover and farmer, father of
William Shakespeare (born
1529)
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Ogawa Suketada, Japanese daimyo (born
1549)
See also :Category:1601 deaths.
