Major Events
- Jan 20 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
- Jan 24 Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
- Feb 7 Michail Romanov (aged 16) becomes Tsar of Russia
- Feb 20 Gerard Reynst appointed Governor-General of Dutch East Indies
- Feb 21 Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, is elected the first Russian Tsar of the House of Romanov
- Mar 27 The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy
- Jun 29 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII"
- Jul 2 The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall
- Dec 25 Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant
Born in 1613
- Jan 19 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, born in Beaune, France (d. 1652)
- Jan 26 Johann Jakob Wolleb, Swiss organist, theologian and composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1667)
- Feb 2 Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- Mar 12 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
- Mar 28 Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Empress of Manchu (1643-62) (d. 1688)
More People Born in 1613
Who Died in 1613
- Mar 13 Giovanni Battista Caccini, Italian sculptor, dies at 56
- Apr 27 Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary, dies at 77
- May 5 Johann Steuerlein, German composer, dies at 66
- Aug 7 Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
- Aug 9 Giovanni Righi, Italian composer, dies at 36
More 1613 Deaths
Famous Weddings in 1613
- Feb 14 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
- Feb 24 English princess Elizabeth marries Earl Frederik of Palts
- Oct 30 Astronomer Johannes Kepler marries his second wife Susanna Reuttinger
More Weddings in 1613
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