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 v • d • e

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).

Events of 1613

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.

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.
• 26 December - The Earl of Somerset marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue".

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.

Births

• 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.

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.