1613

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1610 1611 1612 - 1613 - 1614 1615 1616

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s

align="center" | Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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 Knred 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.

January 28 - Thomas Bodley, English scholar and diplomat (born 1545)
April 27 - Robert Abercromby
September 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer
September 15 - Thomas Overbury, English poet (born 1581)
December 6 - Anton Praetorius, German pastor, fighting against torture and witch-craft trials

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