1613
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1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
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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
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