1309
year
1309 (MCCCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1309th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 309th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 14th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1300s decade. As of the start of 1309, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1270s 1280s 1290s – 1300s – 1310s 1320s 1330s |
| Years: | 1306 1307 1308 – 1309 – 1310 1311 1312 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1309 MCCCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2062 |
| Armenian calendar | 758 ԹՎ ՉԾԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6059 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1230–1231 |
| Bengali calendar | 716 |
| Berber calendar | 2259 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Edw. 2 – 3 Edw. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1853 |
| Burmese calendar | 671 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6817–6818 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4005 or 3945 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4006 or 3946 |
| Coptic calendar | 1025–1026 |
| Discordian calendar | 2475 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1301–1302 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5069–5070 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1365–1366 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1230–1231 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4409–4410 |
| Holocene calendar | 11309 |
| Igbo calendar | 309–310 |
| Iranian calendar | 687–688 |
| Islamic calendar | 708–709 |
| Japanese calendar | Enkyō 2 (延慶２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1220–1221 |
| Julian calendar | 1309 MCCCIX |
| Korean calendar | 3642 |
| Minguo calendar | 603 before ROC 民前603年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −159 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1851–1852 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1435 or 1054 or 282 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1436 or 1055 or 283 |
Events
change- March 9 – Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon, following a visit.
- August 15 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island, and rename themselves as the Knights of Rhodes.
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland.
Births
change- Leo V of Armenia (died 1341)
Deaths
change- May 5 – Charles II of Naples
- James of St. George, Savoyard military architect (born 1230)