1513
1513 was a
common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar.
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January 20 -
Christian II becomes King of
Denmark and
Norway.
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March 11 -
Leo X elected pope.
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March 27 -
Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European definitely known to sight what is now the territory of the
United States (specifically
Florida) mistaking it for another island.
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April 2 - Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition become the first Europeans known to visit Florida, landing somewhere on the east coast.
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June 6 -
Italian Wars:
Battle of Novara - Swiss troops defeat the French under
Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon
Milan. Duke
Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
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August 16 -
Battle of the Spurs (or Battle of Guinegate). English troops under
Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice.
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August 22 - Capture of
Thérouanne by
Henry VIII of England.
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September 9 -
Battle of Flodden Field, King
James IV of Scotland defeated and killed by an English army under
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. James's son the Duke of Rothesay becomes
James V, King of Scots.
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September 25 -
Vasco Núñez de Balboa, "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees the
Pacific Ocean.
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October 7 -
Battle of La Motta - Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
* December -
Louis XII makes peace with the Pope and Spain.
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October 30 -
Jacques Amyot, French writer (died
1593)
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December 23 -
Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (died
1577)
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Abe Motozane, Japanese general (died
1587)
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Michael Baius, Belgian theologian (died
1589)
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George Cassander, Flemish theologian (died
1566)
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Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (died
1535)
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John Knox, Scottish religious reformer (died
1572)
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Elizabeth Seymour, sister-in-law of
Henry VIII of England (died
1563)
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Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, Irish rebel (died
1537)
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February 20 - King
John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (born
1455)
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February 21 -
Pope Julius II (born
1443)
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March 10 -
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English general (born
1443)
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September 9 - King
James IV of Scotland (b.
1473),
Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll,
Alexander Stewart (Archbishop of St Andrews), killed at the
Battle of Flodden Field*
Robert Fabyan, English chronicler
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George Manners, 12th Baron de Ros, English nobleman
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Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (born
1450)
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Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, Duke of Suffolk (born
1471)
