Editing 1513 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]]
** [[Juan Ponce de León]] and his expedition become the first Europeans known to visit [[Florida]], landing somewhere on the east coast.
** [[Juan Garrido]] (as part of [[Juan Ponce de León]]'s expedition) becomes the first African known to visit [[North America]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan Garrido (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/people/juargarrido.htm |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> landing somewhere on the east coast of [[Florida]].
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Giano II di Campofregoso]] resigns as [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]] as plots by two opposing families restore the influence of France. Campogregoso leaves the city on a ship to serve the [[Republic of Venice]] in its [[Wars in Lombardy|war]] against the [[Duchy of Milan]].
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] explorer [[Jorge Álvares]] and his crew land on [[Lintin Island]], in the [[Pearl River (China)|Pearl River]] estuary, near [[Guangzhou]], becoming the first Europeans to arrive in [[China]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zheng |first1=Yongnian |title=Civilization and the Chinese Body Politic |date=22 November 2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-64239-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt-PEAAAQBAJ&q=%22may%201513%22 |access-date=14 July 2023 |quote=The first Portuguese explorer to land in Southern China was Jorge Alvares, who in May 1513 arrived in Lintin Island in the Pearl River Delta to engage in trade.|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Italian Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Novara (1513)|Battle of Novara]]: Swiss mercenaries defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] under [[Louis II de la Trémoille]],<ref>{{cite book |title=La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 1 Introduzione generale. 1890. |date=1891 |publisher=Unione tipografico-editrice |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOEYAAAAYAAJ&dq=Battaglia+di+Novara+Luigi+II+de+la+Tr%C3%A9moille+Massimiliano+Sforza+%226+giugno+1513%22&pg=PA26 |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref> forcing the French to abandon [[Milan]] and Italy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East|date=23 December 2009 |volume=2|publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-672-5 |page=482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC&dq=Battle+of+novara+%22withdraw+from+milan%22&pg=RA1-PA482 |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Ottaviano Fregoso]] becomes the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]], replacing Giano II di Campofregoso.  
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo X]] sends a letter to Scotland's King James IV, threatening him with ecclesiastical censure or excommunication for breaking his peace treaties with England.