1309
Year 1309 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.Events
- March 9 - Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon, following a visit.
- March 14 - An angry mob overruns the palaces in the Emirate of Granada; Sultan Muhammad III is spared but his vizier, Abu Abdallah ibn al-Hakim, is killed
- 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.
- September 12 - Ferdinand IV of Castile captures the town of Gibraltar, in his campaign against the Emirate of Granada.
- Date unknown
- * The village of Lukáčovce in Slovakia first appears in the historical record.
- * Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, in the Kingdom of England is bought by the House of Percy, later Earls of Northumberland.
Births
- Konrad of Megenberg
- Aldona of Lithuania, queen consort of Poland
- Leo IV, King of Armenia
Deaths
- April 10 - Elisabeth von Rapperswil, Swiss sovereign countess of Rapperswil
- May 5 - Charles II of Naples
- James of St. George, Savoyard military architect
- Raden Wijaya, Founder and First King of Majapahit Empire
