Historical Events In 1513
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Jan 20 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king 


Feb 08 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao and Bonaire), dies 


Feb 14 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer. 


Feb 21 Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69. 


Mar 11 Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 


Mar 27 Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 


Apr 02 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon. 


Apr 08 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 


Apr 08 The spanish explorer Ponce de Leon discovers Florida in what is now the USA. 


Jun 06 Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois 


Jul 09 John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist 


Jul 20 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general 


Aug 16 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry VIII beat France 


Sep 09 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland. 


Sep 09 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40 


Sep 23 King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik 


Sep 25 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean. 


Oct 07 Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians. 


Oct 29 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne 


Dec 25 Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 


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