Year by year · 16th century

1513

1513 in world history: 9 events, 2 births, 3 deaths and 1 work. 998 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 11 March

    Giovanni de' Medici proclaimed Pope Leo X

    The son of Lorenzo the Magnificent was announced as pope at 37. A lavish patron of Raphael and others, he promoted the indulgence campaign for St Peter's that provoked Martin Luther in 1517.

  2. 27 March

    Juan Ponce de León sights Florida

    Sailing north from Puerto Rico, Ponce de León sighted the coast he named La Florida, as it was the Easter season. He landed days later, beginning Spanish claims to the region.

    Puerto Rico

  3. 2 April

    Ponce de León sights the coast he names La Florida

    Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sighted the Florida coast during the Easter season, Pascua Florida, which gave the land its name. His was the first recorded European landing in what is now the United States.

    United States

  4. 6 June

    Swiss and Milanese troops rout the French at Novara

    Near Novara, a Swiss army defending Duke Massimiliano Sforza of Milan surprised and routed the French army under Louis de La Trémoille. The victory marked the height of Swiss military power and expelled the French from the Duchy of Milan.

    Battle of NovaraWar of the League of Cambrai

  5. 16 August

    Henry VIII's army routs French cavalry at the Battle of the Spurs

    English and imperial troops put French cavalry to flight near Guinegate, the speed of their retreat giving the battle its name. Thérouanne surrendered days later.

  6. 25 September

    Balboa becomes the first European to see the Pacific from the Americas

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa climbed a peak on the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the 'South Sea'. Days later he waded into the water and claimed it and all its shores for Castile.

  7. 7 October

    Spanish and imperial troops defeat a Venetian army at La Motta

    At Schio in the Veneto, a combined Spanish and imperial army under Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'Ávalos decisively defeated a Venetian army under Bartolomeo d'Alviano, in a significant battle of the War of the League of Cambrai.

    War of the League of Cambrai

  8. Battle

    Battle of Flodden

    The Battle of Flodden was fought on 9 September 1513 in Northumberland, where an English army under the Earl of Surrey destroyed the invading Scottish army of James IV, who had attacked England in support of his French ally.

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Born in 1513 2

Died in 1513 3

Works 1

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