1613
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| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1613 in topic: | |
Events
- January – Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery.
- February 7 – An Assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov to be Tsar of Russia, and establishes the Romanov Dynasty.
- June 29 – Fire destroys London's Globe Theatre
- Francesco Andreini's L'Adamo is published.
- King James I of Scotland successfully mediates the Peace of Knäred treaty between Denmark and Sweden.
- The New River was opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire
- Adriaen Block's ship Tyger is destroyed by fire, forcing him and his crew to spend the winter on Manhattan
- James I of England comdemns duels in his proclamation Against Private Challenges and Combats
- Ottoman Empire invades Hungary
- Locust swarm destroys La Camarque, France
- Sultan Agung takes the throne of the kingdom of Mataram on Java.
Births
- March 12 – André Le Nôtre, French landscape gardener (d. 1700)
- September 15 – François de la Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
- Richard Crashaw, English poet (d. 1649)
- Claude Perrault, French architect (d. 1688)
- Henry Vane, English politician (d. 1662)
Deaths
- January 28 – Thomas Bodley, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1545)
- April 27 – Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary (b. 1532)
- September 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- September 15 – Thomas Overbury, English poet (b. 1581)
- December 6 – Anton Praetorius, German pastor (b. 1560)
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