1909
year
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
| 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)