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

1509 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art –
Literature – Music – Poetry – 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.

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 and Queen Consort Catherine of Aragon are 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 Gulf of Bengal crossed by Diogo Lopes Sequeira. On the crossing he also reached Malacca.
The Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy is founded.
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, is founded by Robert Beckingham
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.
Earliest known pocket watch made at Nuremberg, Germany by Peter Henlein