1309

1309 in other calendars
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

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

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.

Events

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.