1613
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This article is about the year 1613. For the number see 1613 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1613 MDCXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2366 |
| Armenian calendar | 1062 ԹՎ ՌԿԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6363 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -231–-230 |
| Bengali calendar | 1020 |
| Berber calendar | 2563 |
| English Regnal year | 10 Ja. 1 – 11 Ja. 1 |
| 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 | 1669–1670 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1535–1536 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4714–4715 |
| Holocene calendar | 11613 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 613–614 |
| Iranian calendar | 991–992 |
| Islamic calendar | 1021–1022 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 18 (慶長18年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3946 |
| Minguo calendar | 299 before ROC 民前299年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2156 |
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Year 1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events [edit]
January–June [edit]
- 11 January – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man, the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendary Gallic king who fought the Romans.
- January 20 – K of Russia|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 13 – Samuel Argall captures Algonquian princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father. She is brought to Henricus as hostage.
- 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.
July–December [edit]
- July – Algonquian princess Pocahontas meets English colonist John Rolfe in Henricus, Virginia during her captivity. Reverend Alexander Whitaker converts her to Christianity. She adopts the name "Rebecca".
- July 28 – Gregor Richter, the chief pastor of Görlitz, denounces Jacob Boehme as a heretic in his Sunday sermon.
- 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.
- December 26 – The Earl of Somerset marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's Eclogue.
Date unknown [edit]
- 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 of Mataram 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.
Births [edit]
- 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)
Deaths [edit]
- 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)
