About the day » Saturday April 7, 1601Calender converter
April 6, 1601Born on Saturday April 7, 1601
- Nicolas MAZé, ( Bretteville-en-Saire, 50110, Manche, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE († 1648)
- Jan Samans, Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland
- Isobel Halyday, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland († 1651)
- Jan Saman, Vremdijke
- Henry Dawney Dana, Manchester, Lancashire, England († 1682)
- Judocus Van den Bosch, Merchtem
Died on Saturday April 7, 1601
- Maria van Bourbon Vendome (61), Pontoise
- Antonius Steenhuis (66), Meldorf, Sleeswijk-Holstein (Dld.)
- Maria Van Bourbon St Pol (61), Pontoise, Picardie, France
- Anna Sophie v.Mansfeld (38), Burg Hohensolms
- Marie de Bourbon-Vendôme (61)
- Anne DE BOURBON-MONTPENSIER (62), Pontoise France
- Anna Sophia Van Mansfeld (38), Hohensolms
- Otto van Münchhausen Heer van Lauenau (39)
- Maria Archduchess Austria Habsburg (50), Königsberg, Biebertal, Gießen, Hesse, Germany
- Anna Sophia von Mansfeld (38), Hohensolms, Hessen, Germany
Born on April 7
- 1470 » Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire († 1498)
- 1506 » Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus († 1552)
- 1539 » Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator († 1584)
- 1613 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter († 1675)
- 1644 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general († 1730)
- 1648 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council († 1721)
- 1652 » Pope Clement XII († 1740)
- 1713 » Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist († 1801)
- 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
- 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
Died on April 7
- 1499 » Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)
- 1501 » Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)
- 1606 » Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)
- 1614 » El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)
- 1638 » Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576)
- 1651 » Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658 » Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
- 1661 » Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663 » Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
- 1668 » William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
Names that were popular for boys in 1601
Names that were popular for girls in 1601
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1601
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 8 » Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the revolt is quickly crushed.
- August 3 » Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
- November 18 » Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.