509

509 (DIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 509th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 509th year of the 1st millennium, the 9th year of the 6th century, and the 10th and last year of the 500s decade. As of the start of 509, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	470s  480s  490s  – 500s –  510s  520s  530s
Years:	506 507 508 – 509 – 510 511 512

509 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	509 DIX
Ab urbe condita	1262
Assyrian calendar	5259
Balinese saka calendar	430–431
Bengali calendar	−84
Berber calendar	1459
Buddhist calendar	1053
Burmese calendar	−129
Byzantine calendar	6017–6018
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3205 or 3145     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3206 or 3146
Coptic calendar	225–226
Discordian calendar	1675
Ethiopian calendar	501–502
Hebrew calendar	4269–4270
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	565–566
- Shaka Samvat	430–431
- Kali Yuga	3609–3610
Holocene calendar	10509
Iranian calendar	113 BP – 112 BP
Islamic calendar	117 BH – 115 BH
Javanese calendar	395–396
Julian calendar	509 DIX
Korean calendar	2842
Minguo calendar	1403 before ROC 民前1403年
Nanakshahi calendar	−959
Seleucid era	820/821 AG
Thai solar calendar	1051–1052
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 635 or 254 or −518     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 636 or 255 or −517

Births

• Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (d. 571, traditional date)
• Adi Sankara