    __notoc__ year 1713 (mdccxiii) was a common year starting on sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the gregorian calendar and a common year starting on thursday of the 11-day slower julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;june === * january 17 &ndash; tuscarora war: colonel james moore leads the carolina militia out of albermarle county, north carolina in a second offensive against the tuscarora. heavy snows force the troops to take refuge in fort reading on the pamlico river. * february 1 &ndash; skirmish at bender * february 4 &ndash; tuscarora war: the carolina militia under colonel james moore leaves fort reading to continue the campaign against the tuscarora. thumb|right|150px|frederick william i of prussia, 1713 * february 25 &ndash; frederick william i of prussia begins his reign. * march 1 &ndash; tuscarora war: colonel james moore's carolina militia lays siege to the tuscaroran stronghold of fort neoheroka, located a few miles up contentnea creek from fort hancock. * march 20 &ndash; tuscarora war: colonel james moore's carolina militia launches a major offensive against fort neoheroka. * march 23 &ndash; tuscarora war: fort neoheroka falls to the carolina militia, effectively ending the tuscarora nation's military strength. two tuscaroran allies, the machapunga and coree tribes, continue offensive actions against north carolina. thumb|right|150px|western europe treaty * march 27 &ndash; first treaty of utrecht between britain and spain. philip v accepted by britain and austria as king of spain; spain cedes gibraltar and minorca to britain. * april 11 &ndash; second treaty of utrecht between britain and france ends the war of the spanish succession. france cedes newfoundland, acadia, hudson bay and st kitts to britain. * april 14 &ndash; first performance, in london, of joseph addison's libertarian play cato, a tragedy, which will be influential on both sides of the atlantic.{{cite journal|last=l
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