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 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.
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