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Born on Saturday August 11, 1601
- Aeltge Poelgeest, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Magdalena Sigwart, Tübingen
- John Evelyn, Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England († 1685)
- John Sir Evelyn van West-Dene († 1685)
- Johan Swarte, Lingen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Anna Magdalene Sigwart, Tübingen († 1690)
Died on Saturday August 11, 1601
- Johannes Heurnius (58), Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands
- Johannes van Heurn (58), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Countess Margaret Maud. Colquhoun** (76), Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Lady Margaret Mariot Colquhoun (76), Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Johannes van Heurne (58), Leiden
- Joannis Heurnius (58), Leiden, Nederland
- Catherine Anne COLQUHOUN (86), Arrochar, Loch Long, Argyle or Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- Johannes van Hoorne (Heurnius), Leyden
- Johan van Heurn (58), Leiden
- Mary TJAERDA (81)
Born on August 11
- 1472 » Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal († 1537)
- 1510 » Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat († 1566)
- 1673 » Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer († 1754)
- 1718 » Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec († 1791)
- 1722 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician († 1797)
- 1748 » Joseph Schuster, German composer († 1812)
- 1778 » Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician († 1852)
- 1794 » James B. Longacre, American engraver († 1869)
- 1807 » David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1886)
- 1808 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
Died on August 11
- 1486 » William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
- 1494 » Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
- 1519 » Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
- 1556 » John Bell, English bishop
- 1563 » Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
- 1578 » Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
- 1596 » Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
- 1614 » Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1656 » Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
- 1725 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
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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.