1513 Calendar
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1513 Historical Event(s)
April 30, 1513
– Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
June 6, 1513
– 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.
August 16, 1513
– Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
September 9, 1513
– James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland’s involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
September 25, 1513
– Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
October 7, 1513
– Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
Who Were Born On 1513?
September 24, 1513
– Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)
October 30, 1513
– Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. 1593)
December 23, 1513
– Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)