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.

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1309 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1309
MCCCIX
Ab urbe condita2062
Armenian calendar758
ԹՎ ՉԾԸ
Assyrian calendar6059
Balinese saka calendar1230–1231
Bengali calendar716
Berber calendar2259
English Regnal year2 Edw. 2  3 Edw. 2
Buddhist calendar1853
Burmese calendar671
Byzantine calendar6817–6818
Chinese calendar戊申(Earth Monkey)
4005 or 3945
     to 
己酉年 (Earth Rooster)
4006 or 3946
Coptic calendar1025–1026
Discordian calendar2475
Ethiopian calendar1301–1302
Hebrew calendar5069–5070
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1365–1366
 - Shaka Samvat1230–1231
 - Kali Yuga4409–4410
Holocene calendar11309
Igbo calendar309–310
Iranian calendar687–688
Islamic calendar708–709
Japanese calendarEnkyō 2
(延慶2年)
Javanese calendar1220–1221
Julian calendar1309
MCCCIX
Korean calendar3642
Minguo calendar603 before ROC
民前603年
Nanakshahi calendar−159
Thai solar calendar1851–1852
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
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Events

  • March 9Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon, following a visit.
  • August 15The 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

  • Leo V of Armenia (died 1341)

Deaths

  • May 5Charles II of Naples
  • James of St. George, Savoyard military architect (born 1230)

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