1601
- This article is about the year 1601. For other uses of 1601, see 1601 (number).
| Years: 1598 1599 1600 – 1601 – 1602 1603 1604 | |
| Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1601 in topic: | |
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Events
- February 8 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England – revolt is quickly crushed
- February 25 – Robert Devereux beheaded
- Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China
- Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer
- Dutch troops drive Portuguese from Malaga
- Battle of Kinsale, Ireland
Year in topic
- 1601 in literature:
- Mark Twain's 1601, subtitled "Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors", is a vulgar satire supposedly taken from Pepys' diaries.
Births
- May 2 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
- August 17 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
- September 27 – King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
Deaths
- October 24 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
- Scipione Ammirato, Italian historian (b. 1531)
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