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Calendar year
August 29 : The
Battle of Cape Corvo is fought between Sicily and the Ottoman Empire
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.
Calendar year
Events
January–March
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 20 – King
James I of England successfully mediates the
Treaty of Knäred between
Denmark and
Sweden .
[2]
February 14 –
Elizabeth , daughter of King
James I of England , marries
Frederick V, Elector Palatine .
[3]
February 24 – King Anaukpetlun of Burma blockades the
Portuguese port at Syriam with 80 warships and 3,000 men, then sets about to tunnel into the city.
March 3 (February 21 O.S.) – An assembly of the
Russian Empire elects
Mikhail Romanov
Tsar of
Russia , ending the
Time of Troubles . The
House of Romanov will remain a ruling dynasty until
1917 .
March 27 – The first English child is born in
Canada at
Cuper's Cove ,
Newfoundland to
Nicholas Guy .
March 29
Explorer
Samuel de Champlain becomes the first unofficial Governor of
New France in Canada.
Burmese soldiers, tunneling under the walls of the Portuguese colonial fortress at
Syriam (now Thanlyin), bring down a section of the walls and sack the city. Portuguese Governor
Filipe de Brito e Nicote and rebel Burmese General
Natshinnaung are captured, and executed by impalement on April 9.
April–June
April 13 –
Samuel Argall captures
Algonquian princess
Pocahontas in
Passapatanzy, Virginia , to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father,
Chief Powhatan . She is brought to
Henricus as a hostage.
[4]
May 12 –
Mikhail Romanov arrives in
Moscow to begin his reign as Tsar of Russia, after having been elected on March 3.
May 14
The city of
Hanthawaddy (now Bago) is restored as the capital of Burma by King Anaukpetlun, who relocates the government from
Ava (now Inwa).
The ruler of the principality of
Martaban , Binnya Dala, surrenders to the armies of King Anaukpetlun of Burma.
May 23 –
War of the Montferrat Succession : The defenders of the Italian city of
Nizza Monferrato successfully resist a nine-day siege by the troops of
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy .
May 27 – After getting an official proclamation that he is the French Governor of
New France , explorer
Samuel de Champlain begins exploration of the area westward from
Quebec , traveling along the
Ottawa River .
June 28 (July 8 N.S.) – From
Jamestown ,
John Rolfe makes the first shipment to England of
tobacco grown in Virginia, dispatching it on the ship The Elizabeth .
[5] The tobacco arrives in England after a voyage of three weeks.
June 29 – Fire destroys
London 's famed
Globe Theatre , during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII .
[6]
July–September
July 20 (July 30 N.S.) – The first American-grown tobacco, produced in the British colony of Virginia, arrives in England after being dispatched 22 days earlier by John Rolfe.
[5]
July 26 –
Diego Marín de Negron , the Spanish Governor of Rio de la Plata y Paraguay, is assassinated by poisoning at his palace in
Buenos Aires .C. Antonio Zinny, History of the governors of the Argentine provinces from 1810 to the present (Editoriales Huemul, 1941) p.105
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–December
October 21 –
Gabriel Bathory , ruler of the
Principality of Transylvania , is removed from office by vote of the nobles meeting at
Gyulafehérvár (now Alba Iulia in Romania).
[7] : 279 Bathory refuses to vacate the palace at the Transylvanian capital at
Várad , (now Oradea in Romania), and is murdered on October 27.
[7]
October 23 –
Gabriel Bethlen is elected as the new Prince of Transylvania.
[8]
October 28 –
Keichō embassy:
Hasekura Tsunenaga departs Japan in the
Date Maru with a Japanese diplomatic mission to the
Holy See , scheduled to first travel to
Acapulco in
New Spain , with a goal of concluding 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 .
November 30 – King Anaukpetlun of Burma sends an army of 4,000 troops to drive the Siamese occupiers from the Tenasserim coast.
December 26 –
December 26 – The Burmese Army defeats the Siamese Army at
Tavoy . The city is now part of Myanmar as Dawei.
December 27 –
Mateo Leal de Ayala becomes the new Governor of Rio de la Plata y Paraguay, covering what will become the nations of Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. He succeeds
Diego Marín de Negron , who was poisoned on July 26.
Date unknown
Births
Mattia Preti
Stjepan Gradić
André Le Nôtre
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang
Claude Perrault
January–March
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
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
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 )
[11]
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 )
[12]
March 29 –
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy , French Bible translator (d.
1684 )
April–June
April 1
April 7 –
Gerrit Dou , Dutch painter (d.
1675 )
April 18 –
Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton , English soldier (d.
1696 )
April 21 –
Franciscus Plante , Dutch painter, chaplain (d.
1690 )
April 29 –
Christoph Bach , German musician (d.
1661 )
May 9 –
Mattias de' Medici , Italian noble (d.
1667 )
May 10 –
François Chauveau , French painter (d.
1676 )
May 15 –
George Seton, Lord Seton , Scottish noble (d.
1648 )
May 31 –
John George II, Elector of Saxony (1656-1680) (d.
1680 )
June 1 –
William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein , German nobleman (d.
1682 )
June 13 –
Johann Ernst, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1641–1642) (d.
1642 )
June 16 –
John Cleveland , English poet (d.
1658 )
July–September
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 )
[13]
September 19 –
Sir John Norwich, 1st Baronet , English Member of Parliament (d.
1661 )
September 25 –
Claude Perrault , French architect (d.
1688 )
October–December
October 3 –
Marion Delorme , French courtesan known for her relationships with the important men of her time (d.
1650 )
October 12 –
Jacques d'Arthois , Flemish painter (d.
1686 )
October 13
October 19 –
Charles of Sezze , Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d.
1670 )
October 28 –
Edmund Bowyer , English politician (d.
1681 )
November 5 –
Isaac de Benserade , French poet (d.
1691 )
[14]
November 12 –
Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet, of Middle Claydon , English Baronet (d.
1696 )
November 16 –
Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1635–1670) (d.
1670 )
November 20 –
Tyman Oosdorp , Dutch Golden Age brewer and magistrate of Haarlem (d.
1668 )
November 24 –
John Knight , Member of the Parliament of England (d.
1683 )
November 25 –
Philip VII, Count of Waldeck -Wildungen (1638–1645) (d.
1645 )
December 4 (bapt.) –
Samuel Butler , English satirist (d.
1680 )
December 10 –
Izaak van Oosten , Flemish painter (d.
1661 )
December 11 –
Amar Singh Rathore , Rajput nobleman affiliated with the royal house of Marwar (d.
1644 )
December 23 –
Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Field Marshal of Sweden (d.
1676 )
December 28 –
Bullen Reymes , English courtier, diplomat and politician (d.
1672 )
Date unknown
Probable
Deaths
Juan García López-Rico
Ikeda Terumasa
Sigismund Báthory
January–July
January 2 –
Salima Sultan Begum , Empress of the Mughal Empire (b.
1539 )
January 12 –
George Blackwell , English Catholic archpriest (b.
1545 )
January 18 –
Antoon Claeissens , Flemish Baroque painter (b.
1536 )
January 27 –
Anna of Saxony , German noblewoman (b.
1567 )
January 28 –
Thomas Bodley ,
English diplomat and library founder (b.
1545 )
[15]
February 14 –
Juan García López-Rico , Spanish Catholic priest from the Trinitarian Order, founded the Order of Discalced Carmelites (b.
1561 )
February 16 –
Johannes Letzner , German Protestant priest and historian (b.
1531 )
February 27 –
Pietro Facchetti , Italian painter (b.
1539 )
March 2 –
Rudolph Snellius , Dutch linguist and mathematician (b.
1546 )
March 13 –
Giovanni Battista Caccini , Italian artist (b.
1556 )
March 16
March 23 –
Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont , Spanish inventor (b.
1553 )
March 27 –
Sigismund Báthory , Prince of Transylvania (b.
1572 )
April 27 –
Robert Abercromby , Scottish Jesuit missionary (b.
1532 )
June 3 –
Allahverdi Khan , Georgian-born Iranian general (b.
1590 )
June 8 –
Cigoli , Italian painter (b.
1559 )
June 15 –
Magdalena Moons , Dutch heroine (b.
1541 )
July–September
July 2 –
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus , German astronomer and mathematician (b.
1561 )
July 19 –
Nicolaus van Aelst , Flemish engraver (b.
1526 )
July 20 –
Sebastian Lubomirski , Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic ) (b. c.
1546 )
July 30 –
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b.
1564 )
August 1
August 7 –
Thomas Fleming , English judge (b.
1544 )
August 14 –
David Lindsay , Scottish bishop (b.
1531 )
August 18 –
Giovanni Artusi , Italian composer (b. c.
1540 )
August 22 –
Dominicus Baudius , Dutch historian and poet (b.
1561 )
August 25 –
William Waldegrave , English Member of Parliament (b.
1540 )
September 8
September 14 –
Thomas Overbury , English poet and essayist (murdered) (b.
1581 )
October–December
October 9 –
Henry Constable , English poet (b.
1562 )
October 11 –
John Petre, 1st Baron Petre , English politician (b.
1549 )
October 22 –
Mathurin Régnier , French satirist (b.
1573 )
October 26 –
Johann Bauhin , Swiss botanist (b.
1541 )
October 27 –
Gabriel Báthory , Prince of Transylvania (b.
1589 )
November 4 –
Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez , Spanish Catholic archbishop (b.
1547 )
November 16 –
Trajano Boccalini , Italian satirist (b.
1556 )
November 21 –
Rose Lok , English Marian exile (b.
1526 )
November 23 –
Charles Philippe de Croÿ, Marquis d’Havré , Belgian noble and politician (b.
1549 )
November 26 –
Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley , English politician (b.
1534 )
December 6 –
Anton Praetorius , German pastor (b.
1560 )
December 7 –
Simon VI, Count of Lippe , imperial count and ruler of the County of Lippe (Germany) since 1563 (b.
1554 )
date unknown
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