1613

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