1613
year
1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1613th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 613th year of the 2nd millennium, the 13th year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1613, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1613 MDCXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2366 |
| Armenian calendar | 1062 ԹՎ ՌԿԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6363 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1534–1535 |
| Bengali calendar | 1020 |
| Berber calendar | 2563 |
| English Regnal year | 10 Ja. 1 – 11 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2157 |
| Burmese calendar | 975 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7121–7122 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4309 or 4249 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4310 or 4250 |
| Coptic calendar | 1329–1330 |
| Discordian calendar | 2779 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1605–1606 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5373–5374 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1669–1670 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1534–1535 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4713–4714 |
| Holocene calendar | 11613 |
| Igbo calendar | 613–614 |
| Iranian calendar | 991–992 |
| Islamic calendar | 1021–1022 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 18 (慶長１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1533–1534 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3946 |
| Minguo calendar | 299 before ROC 民前299年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 145 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2155–2156 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1739 or 1358 or 586 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1740 or 1359 or 587 |
Events
change- 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