1909
year
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1906 1907 1908 – 1909 – 1910 1911 1912 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1909 MCMIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2662 |
| Armenian calendar | 1358 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6659 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 65–66 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1830–1831 |
| Bengali calendar | 1316 |
| Berber calendar | 2859 |
| British Regnal year | 8 Edw. 7 – 9 Edw. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2453 |
| Burmese calendar | 1271 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7417–7418 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4605 or 4545 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4606 or 4546 |
| Coptic calendar | 1625–1626 |
| Discordian calendar | 3075 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1901–1902 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5669–5670 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1965–1966 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1830–1831 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5009–5010 |
| Holocene calendar | 11909 |
| Igbo calendar | 909–910 |
| Iranian calendar | 1287–1288 |
| Islamic calendar | 1326–1327 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 42 (明治４２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1838–1839 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4242 |
| Minguo calendar | 3 before ROC 民前3年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 441 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2451–2452 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 2035 or 1654 or 882 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 2036 or 1655 or 883 |
Events
change- March 31 – Construction of the RMS Titanic is started
- April 6 – Robert Peary arrived in the north pole.
- April – The Adana massacre takes place in the Ottoman city of Adana
- June 29 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia
- The first model of the Model T is sold
- The pH scale is developed.
- Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss doctor, won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Births
change- January 13 – Danny Barker, American musician (d. 1994)
- February 9 – Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress (d. 1955)
- March 20 – Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- May 27
- Dolores Hope, American singer (d. 2011)
- Juan Vicente Pérez, Supercentenarian Venezuelan man fourth-oldest verified man ever (d. 2024)
- June 6 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian philosopher and educator (d. 1997)
- June 10 – Errol Flynn, American actor (d. 1959)
- August 10 – Leo Fender, American guitar maker (d. 1991)
- August 21 – Ethel Caterham, English supercentenarian
- August 26 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
- September 21 – Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana (d. 1972)
Deaths
change- February 17 – Geronimo, Native American leader (b. 1829)
- December 17 – Léopold II of Belgium, King of Belgium (b. 1835)
- January 12 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)