1613

1613 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1613; MDCXIII
Ab urbe condita	2366
Armenian calendar	1062; ԹՎ ՌԿԲ
Assyrian calendar	6363
Balinese saka calendar	1534–1535
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 (Water Rat); 4309 or 4249; — to —; 癸丑年 (Water Ox); 4310 or 4250
Coptic calendar	1329–1330
Discordian calendar	2779
Ethiopian calendar	1605–1606
Hebrew calendar	5373–5374
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1669–1670
- Shaka Samvat	1534–1535
- Kali Yuga	4713–4714
Holocene calendar	11613
Igbo calendar	613–614
Iranian calendar	991–992
Islamic calendar	1021–1022
Japanese calendar	Keichō 18; (慶長１８年)
Javanese calendar	1533–1534
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3946
Minguo calendar	299 before ROC; 民前299年
Nanakshahi calendar	145
Thai solar calendar	2155–2156
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 1739 or 1358 or 586; — to —; 阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 1740 or 1359 or 587

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century; 17th century ; 18th century;
Decades:	1590s; 1600s; 1610s; 1620s; 1630s;
Years:	1610; 1611; 1612; 1613; 1614; 1615; 1616;

1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1613th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 613th year of the 2nd millennium, the 13th year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1613, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[edit]

January 11 – Workers in a sandpit, in the Dauphiné region of France, 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).^[1]
January 21 – King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden.
February 14 – Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England, marries Frederick V, Elector Palatine.^[2]
March 3 – An assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov Tsar of Russia, and establishes the Romanov Dynasty, ending the Time of Troubles.
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 an hostage.^[3]
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 – 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 trade fleet of the Ottoman Empire, ending the Battle of Cape Corvo.
September 29 – The New River is opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire.
October 28 – Keichō embassy: Hasekura Tsunenaga sets out in the Date Maru with a Japanese diplomatic mission to the Holy See, first traveling to Acapulco in New Spain; this follows soon after an agreement between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the East India Company, permitting English merchants to live and trade in Japan.
November 3 – English royal favourite Robert Carr is created 1st Earl of Somerset.
December 26 – The Earl of Somerset marries Frances Howard, following her divorce from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex; the event is the inspiration for John Donne's Eclogue.^[4]

The Ottoman Empire invades Hungary.^{[citation needed]}
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.

January 14 – Pier Martire Armani, Italian painter (d. 1699)
January 15 – Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Italian art historian (d. 1696)
January 21 – George Gillespie, Scottish theologian (d. 1648)
February 2
- Noël Chabanel, Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (d. 1649)
- William Thomas, Welsh Anglican bishop (d. 1689)
February 7 – Johannes Musaeus, German theologian (d. 1681)
February 24 – Mattia Preti, Italian painter (d. 1699)
February 28 – John Pearson, English theologian and scholar (d. 1686)
March 6 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)
- Anna Moroni, Italian educator (d. 1675)
March 11 – Francesco Caetani, 8th Duke of Sermoneta, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1683)
March 12 – André Le Nôtre, French landscape and garden designer (d. 1700)
March 19 – John Swinfen, English politician (d. 1694)
March 24 – Antonia of Württemberg, princess, literary figure, patron, and Christian Kabbalist (d. 1679)
March 28 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, concubine of Qing Dynasty ruler Hong Taiji (d. 1688)
March 29 – Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy, French Bible translator (d. 1684)

July 15 – Gu Yanwu, Chinese philologist and geographer (d. 1682)
July 16 – Alderano Cybo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1700)
August 7 – William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder (d. 1664)
August 15 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
August 18 – Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1684)
August 20 – Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, German poet composer and (by marriage) Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1676)
August 24 – Bartholomew Holzhauser, German priest, founder of a religious community, visionary, writer of prophecies (d. 1658)
August 29 – John Jolliffe, English politician and businessman (d. 1680)
September 8 – Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien, Catholic cardinal (d. 1707)
September 15 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
September 19 – Sir John Norwich, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1661)
September 25 – Claude Perrault, French architect (d. 1688)