1613 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s
Years:	1610 1611 1612 – 1613 – 1614 1615 1616

Year 1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.

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 England 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.
December 6 death of Anton Praetorius