Editing 1613 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; Workers in a sandpit in the [[Dauphiné]] region of [[France]] discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant [[Teutobochus]], a legendary Gallic king who fought the Romans).<ref>W.A. Seaver, "Giants and Dwarfs", ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'', 39:202-210, 1869.</ref>
* [[January 20]] &ndash; King [[James I of England]] successfully mediates the [[Treaty of Knäred]] between [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Franklin Daniel Scott|title=Sweden, the Nation's History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C&pg=PA168|year=1988|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-1489-8|pages=168|language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth]], daughter of King [[James I of England]], marries [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]].<ref>{{Cite book| title=The Marriage of prince Fredericke, and the King's daughter the Lady Elizabeth... | year=1613 | publisher=Thomas Creede | location=London | page=1}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] &ndash; King Anaukpetlun of Burma blockades the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] port at Syriam with 80 warships and 3,000 men, then sets about to tunnel into the city.
* [[March 3]] (February 21 O.S.) &ndash; An assembly of the [[Tsardom of Russia|Russian Empire]] elects [[Michael of Russia|Mikhail Romanov]] [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]], ending the [[Time of Troubles]]. The [[House of Romanov]] will remain a ruling dynasty until [[1917]].
* [[March 27]] &ndash; The first English child is born in [[Canada]] at [[Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cuper's Cove]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to [[Nicholas Guy]].
* [[March 29]]
**Explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] becomes the first unofficial Governor of [[New France]] in Canada.
**Burmese soldiers, tunneling under the walls of the Portuguese colonial fortress at [[Thanlyin|Syriam]] (now Thanlyin), bring down a section of the walls and sack the city. Portuguese Governor [[Filipe de Brito e Nicote]] and rebel Burmese General [[Natshinnaung]] are captured, and executed by impalement on April 9.