1509

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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

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 24 - King Henry VIII of England's and Queen Consort Catherine of Aragon are officially crowned.

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.
Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is founded by a lawyer, Sir Richard Sutton, of Prestbury, Cheshire, and the Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth.
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is founded.
Afonso de Albuquerque becomes the governor of India.

Births

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)

See also :Category: 1509 births.

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
date unknown

Shen Zhou, Chinese painter (b. 1427)

See also :Category: 1509 deaths.

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