1509

Years: 1506 1507 1508 - 1509 - 1510 1511 1512

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India.
• April 22 - Henry VIII becomes King of England 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 under 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's Catherine of Aragon coronation ceremony.

Births

• January 25 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
• July 10 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (died 1564)
• August 3 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (died 1546)
• Nicholas Bacon, English politician (died 1579)
• Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher and poet (died 1639)
• John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer (died 1591)
• John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (died 1536)
• Stanislaw Odrowaz, Polish noble (died 1545)
• Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, lawyer (died 1579)
• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England (died 1552)
• Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and natural scientist (died 1588)

Deaths

• April 21 - King Henry VII of England (born 1457)
• May 10 - Caterina Sforza, countess of Forli (born 1463)
• June 29 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (born 1443)