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== Timeline of 1613 ==
== Timeline of 1613 ==
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* 1613/8/4 Capt [[John Saris]] meets with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
* 1613/9 [[Date Masamune]] ([[Sendai han]]) dispatches a political mission to Europe.
* 1613/9 [[Date Masamune]] ([[Sendai han]]) dispatches a political mission to Europe.
* 1613/12/23 The Tokugawa [[Bakufu]] officially orders the expulsion of all missionaries from Japan.
* 1613/12/23 The Tokugawa [[Bakufu]] officially orders the expulsion of all missionaries from Japan.
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===Voyage of the ''Clove''===
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*Jan 14 - The English ship the ''[[Clove]]'' departs Java for Japan.
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*Mar 11 - The ''Clove'' arrives at Tidore (in modern-day Indonesia).
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*Apr 14 - The ''Clove'' departs the Moluccas for Japan.
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*Jun 10 - The ''Clove'' passes by [[Nagasaki]].
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*Jun 11 - The ''Clove'' arrives at [[Hirado]].
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*July 7 - [[John Saris]] and [[William Adams]] depart Hirado for [[Sunpu]] and [[Edo]], traveling via [[Shimonoseki]] and [[Sakai]].
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*July 27 - arrival at [[Osaka]].
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*July 29 - arrival at [[Kyoto]].
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*Sept 6 - arrival at Sunpu.
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*Sept 12 - Saris and Adams carve their names inside the [[Kamakura Daibutsu]].
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*Sept 14 - arrival at Edo.
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*1613/8/4 (Sept 18) Capt. John Saris meets with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. He presents the former shogun with gifts, including the first telescope to be taken out of Europe.
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*Sept 21 - departure from Edo for Hirado.
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*Sept 29 - arrival at Sunpu.
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*Oct 9 - departure from Sunpu.
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*Oct 16 - arrival at Kyoto.
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*Oct 20 - departure from Kyoto for Hirado.
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*Nov 6 - arrival at Hirado.
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*Nov - [[British East India Company]] factory is established at Hirado.
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*Dec 5 - Saris departs Japan aboard the ''Clove''.
==Other Events of 1613==
==Other Events of 1613==
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* The English ship ''[[Clove]]'' arrives at [[Hirado]].
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* [[British East India Company]] factory is established at Hirado.
* The second volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
* The second volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
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* The telescope is introduced to Japan.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===