1509

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years:	1506 1507 1508 - 1509 - 1510 1511 1512

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Year 1509 (MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1509

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.

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.

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