1613
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1610 1611 1612 - 1613 - 1614 1615 1616 |
| 1613 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1613
[edit] January - June
- January 20 - King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden.
- February 7 - An assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov to be Tsar of Russia, and establishes the Romanov Dynasty, ending the Time of Troubles.
- February 14 - Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England, marries Frederick V, Elector Palatine.
- March 27 - The first English child is born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
- March 29 - Samuel de Champlain becomes the first unofficial Governor of New France.
- April - Near Jamestown, Virginia, Samuel Argall captures Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas, and she is brought to Jamestown.
- June - At Jamestown, John Rolfe makes the first shipment of West Indian tobacco grown in Virginia to England.
- June 29 - Fire destroys London's famed Globe Theatre.
[edit] July - December
- August 29 - The Sicilians under de Aragon defeat the Turkish trade fleet.
- November 3 - English royal favourite Robert Carr is created 1st Earl of Somerset.
[edit] Undated
- The New River is opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire.
- James I of England condemns duels in his proclamation Against Private Challenges and Combats.
- The Ottoman Empire invades Hungary.
- A locust swarm destroys La Camarque, France.
- The territory of Kuwait is founded.
- Sultan Agung takes the throne of the kingdom of Mataram on Java.
- Near Jamestown, Virginia, Sir Thomas Dale starts a settlement called "Bermuda City" which later becomes part of Hopewell, Virginia.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1613 MDCXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2366 |
| Armenian calendar | 1062 ԹՎ ՌԿԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -231 – -230 |
| Berber calendar | 2563 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2157 |
| Burmese calendar | 975 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7121 – 7122 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年閏十一月十一日 (4249/4309-intercalary 11-11) — to —
癸丑年十一月二十日(4250/4310-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1329 – 1330 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1605 – 1606 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5373 – 5374 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1668 – 1669 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1535 – 1536 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4714 – 4715 |
| Holocene calendar | 11613 |
| Iranian calendar | 991 – 992 |
| Islamic calendar | 1021 – 1022 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 18 (慶長18年) |
| Korean calendar | 3946 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2156 |
- February 2 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- March 12 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape gardener (d. 1700)
- April 7 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- May 31 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
- August 15 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
- September 15 - François de la Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
- September 25 - Claude Perrault, French architect (d. 1688)
- November 5 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- December 23 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
- date unknown
- Henry Vane, English politician (d. 1662)
- Khushal Khan Khattak, Afghan poet (d. 1690)
- probable
- Richard Crashaw, English poet (d. 1649)
- See also Category:1613 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
- April 27 - Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary (b. 1532)
- August 7 - Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
- August 18 - Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer (b. c. 1540)
- September 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- September 15 - Thomas Overbury, English poet (murdered) (b. 1581)
- November 16 - Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
- December 6 - Anton Praetorius, German pastor (b. 1560)
- date unknown - Phung Khac Khoan, Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet (b. 1528)
- See also Category:1613 deaths.
