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Millennium:	2nd millennium
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
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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 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.

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".

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.

**1613 in other calendars**
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
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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)