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1513

Year 1513 ( MDXIII ) was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1513

January - June

January 20 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway .

March 9 - Pope Leo X succeeds Pope Julius II as the 217th Pope .

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.

April 2 - Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition become the first Europeans known to visit Florida, landing somewhere on the east coast.

- Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis De La Tremoille , forcing the French to abandon Milan . Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.

July - December

August 16 - Battle Of The Spurs (or Battle of Guinegate). English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice .

August 22 - Capture of Thérouanne by Henry VIII Of England .

September - The dispute between Johann Reuchlin and Johannes Pfefferkorn relative to the Talmud and other Jewish books is referred to Pope Leo X .

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 .

September 25 - Vasco Núñez De Balboa , "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees what would become known as the Pacific Ocean .

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.

Undated

Magellan is the first person recorded to set foot on the Micronesian Islands . He lands on Guam located in the Mariana Islands and meets the Chamorros there.

Niccolò Machiavelli writes '' The Prince ''.

BIRTHS

September 24 - Catherine Of Saxe-Lauenburg , queen of Gustav I Of Sweden (died 1535 )

October 30 - Jacques Amyot , French writer (died 1593 )

December 23 - Thomas Smith , English scholar and diplomat (died 1577 )

''date unknown''

--- Abe Motozane , Japanese general (died 1587 )

--- Michael Baius , Belgian theologian (died 1589 )

--- George Cassander , Flemish theologian (died 1566 )

--- Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl Of Kildare (died 1537 )

''probable''

--- Elizabeth Seymour , sister-in-law of Henry VIII Of England (died 1563 )

: ''See also .''

DEATHS

January - Hans Folz , author (born c.1437)

February 20 - King John Of Denmark , Norway, and Sweden (born 1455 )

February 21 - Pope Julius II (born 1443 )

March 10 - John De Vere, 13th Earl Of Oxford , English general (born 1443 )

April 30 - Edmund De La Pole, 3rd Duke Of Suffolk , Duke of Suffolk (born 1471 )

June 13 - Piero Soderini , Florentine statesman (born 1450 )

September 9 - King James IV Of Scotland Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl Of Argyll , Alexander Stewart (Archbishop Of St Andrews) , killed at the Battle Of Flodden Field (b. 1473 )

Hua Sui , Chinese inventor and printer (born 1439 )

October 27 - George Manners, 12th Baron De Ros , English nobleman

''date unknown''

--- Robert Fabyan , English chronicler

: ''See also .''