1509
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1506 1507 1508 - 1509 - 1510 1511 1512 |
| 1509 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1509 (MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1509
[edit] January - June
- February 2 - Battle of Diu: The Portuguese defeat a coalition of Indians, Muslims and Italians.
- April 21 - Henry VIII becomes King of England (for 38 years) on the death of his father, Henry VII.
- April 27 - Pope Julius II places Venice under interdict and excommunication for refusing to cede part of Romagna to papal control.
- May 14 - Battle of Agnadello: French forces defeat the Venetians.
- June 11 - Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
- June 19 - Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is founded by a lawyer, Sir Richard Sutton, of Prestbury, Cheshire, and the Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth.
- June 24 - King Henry VIII of England's and Queen Consort Catherine of Aragon are officially crowned.
- September 10 - 1509 Istanbul earthquake destroys 109 mosques and kills an estimated 10,000 people.
[edit] Undated
- Erasmus publishes his most famous work, In Praise of Folly.
- The Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy is founded.
- St Paul's School is founded by John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, is founded as a grammar school for boys.
- Afonso de Albuquerque becomes the governor of India.
[edit] Ongoing
- War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1516)
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1509 MDIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2262 |
| Armenian calendar | 958 ԹՎ ՋԾԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -335 – -334 |
| Berber calendar | 2459 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2053 |
| Burmese calendar | 871 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7017 – 7018 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十二月十一日 (4145/4205-12-11) — to —
己巳年十一月二十日(4146/4206-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1225 – 1226 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1501 – 1502 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5269 – 5270 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1564 – 1565 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1431 – 1432 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4610 – 4611 |
| Holocene calendar | 11509 |
| Iranian calendar | 887 – 888 |
| Islamic calendar | 914 – 915 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 6 (永正6年) |
| Korean calendar | 3842 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2052 |
- January 25 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
- July 10 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
- August 3 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (d. 1546)
- date unknown
- Nicholas Bacon, English politician (d. 1579)
- John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer (d. 1591)
- Stanisław Odrowąż, Polish noble (d. 1545)
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, lawyer (d. 1579)
- Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and natural scientist (d. 1588)
- Kamran Mirza, Mughal prince (d. 1557)
- probable
- John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)
[edit] Deaths
- January - Adam Kraft, sculptor and architect
- April 21 - King Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
- May 10 - Caterina Sforza, countess of Forli (b. 1463)
- June 29 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
- July 11 - William II, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1469)
- July 16 - Mikalojus Radvila the Old, Lithuanian nobleman (b. c. 1450)
- date unknown
- King João I of Kongo
- Thomas Long of Draycot, politician (b. c. 1451)
- João da Nova, Portuguese explorer (b. c. 1460)
- Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio, Italian cardinal
- Hans Seyffer, sculptor and woodcarver (b. c. 1460)
- Shen Zhou, Chinese painter (b. 1427)
- Viranarasimha Raya, ruler of the Vijayanagar empire
