1713
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s |
| Years: | 1710 1711 1712 - 1713 - 1714 1715 1716 |
| 1713 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1713 (MDCCXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1713
[edit] January - June
- January 17 - 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 4 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia under Colonel James Moore leaves Fort Reading to continue the campaign against the Tuscarora.
- March 1 - 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 - Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moron's Carolina militia launches a major offensive against Fort Neoheroka.
- March 23 - 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.
- April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht.
- June 1 - Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia into the Pamlico Peninsula to defeat the Machapunga and Coree tribes. This date is approximate.
- June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada.
[edit] July - December
- September 1 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia led by Colonel James Moore returns to South Carolina after mixed success in the campaign against the Machapunga and Coree.
[edit] Undated
- The first Orrery was built by George Graham.
- Frederick William I of Prussia starts to rule.
[edit] Ongoing events
- Great Northern War (1700-1721).
- War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713).
- Tuscarora War (1711 - 1715).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1713 MDCCXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2466 |
| Armenian calendar | 1162 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -131 – -130 |
| Berber calendar | 2663 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2257 |
| Burmese calendar | 1075 |
| Chinese calendar | 4349/4409-12-5 (壬辰年十二月初五日) — to —
4350/4410-11-14(癸巳年十一月十四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1429 – 1430 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1705 – 1706 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5473 – 5474 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1768 – 1769 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1635 – 1636 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4814 – 4815 |
| Holocene calendar | 11713 |
| Iranian calendar | 1091 – 1092 |
| Islamic calendar | 1124 – 1125 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōtoku 3 (正徳3年) |
| Korean calendar | 4046 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2256 |
- January 2 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
- March 15 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762)
- March 21 - Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
- March 29 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
- April 10 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
- April 12 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
- April 21 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1793)
- May 3 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
- May 6 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
- May 25 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
- June 11 - Edward Capell, English critic (d. 1781)
- June 16 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
- June 22 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
- July 22 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
- August 1 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
- September 23 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
- October 5 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encyclopedist (d. 1784)
- October 7 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)
- October 8 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)
- October 13 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (d. 1784)
- November 24 - Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary (d. 1784)
- November 24 - Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (d. 1768)
- December 4 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
- December 9 - Evan Kalikow, Russian poet and novelist (d. 1754)[citation needed]
- December 15 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (d. 1802)
- See also Category: 1713 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (b. 1653)
- January 11 - Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- January 12 - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, Governor of Jamaica and President of the Royal Society (b. 1639)
- February 4 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (b. 1671)
- February 25 - King Friedrich I of Prussia (b. 1657)
- March 18 - Juraj Jánošík, the "Slovak Robin Hood" (executed)
- May 20 - Thomas Sprat, English minister (b. 1635)
- July 7 - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
- October 15 - Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder, artist (b. 1666)
- October 20 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
- November 7 - Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
- November 17 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
- December 14 - Thomas Rymer, English historian (b. 1641)
- date unknown - Thomas Ellwood, English religious writer (b. 1639)
- See also Category: 1713 deaths.
