1613 Plays

Events

January–June

* 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).
* January 20 – 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.
* 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 – 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, Chief Powhatan. She is brought to Henricus as an hostage.
* June – From 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, during a performance of Shakespeare's ''Henry VIII''.

July–December

* 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''.

Date unknown

* The Ottoman Empire invades Hungary.
* 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.

Births

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
** Noël Chabanel, French 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)

April–June

* April 1
** Giulio Bartolocci, Italian Biblical scholar (d. 1687)
** Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and writer (d. 1703)
* 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 (musician), 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 (merchant), 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 (writer), 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)

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
** Luisa de Guzmán, Duchess of Braganza, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1666)
** Adriaan Heereboord, Dutch philosopher (d. 1661)
* October 19 – Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1670)
* October 28 – Edmund Bowyer (died 1681), Edmund Bowyer, English politician (d. 1681)
* November 5 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
* 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 (died 1683), 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 (poet), 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

* Henry Vane the Younger, Henry Vane, English politician (d. 1662)
* Khushal Khan Khattak, Afghan poet (d. 1690)

Probable

* Richard Crashaw, English poet (d. 1649)

Deaths

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 (1567–1613), Anna of Saxony, German noblewoman (b. 1567)
* January 28 – Thomas Bodley, England, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
* 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
** Sigrid Sture, Swedish Governor (b. 1538)
** Ikeda Terumasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1565)
* March 23 – Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont, Spanish inventor (b. 1553)
* March 27 – Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1572)
* April 27 – Robert Abercromby (missionary), 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
** Francesco Grimaldi (architect), Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect (b. 1543)
** Thomas Twyne, English actor (b. 1543)
* August 7 – Thomas Fleming (judge), Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
* August 14 – David Lindsay (bishop of Ross), 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 (MP for Suffolk), William Waldegrave, English Member of Parliament (b. 1540)
* September 8
** Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
** James Pemberton, British goldsmith (b. 1550)
* 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''
** Phùng Khắc Khoan, Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet (b. 1528)
** Beatrice Michiel, Venetian spy (b. 1553)

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