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1509

Years: 1506 1507 1508 - 1509 - 1510 1511 1512

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India.
• April 22 - Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII
• April 27 - Pope Julius II places Venice under interdict.
• May 14 - Battle of Agnadello - French forces defeat the Venetians.
• June 11 - Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon
• June 24 - King Henry VIII of England's and Queen consort's Catherine of Aragon coronation ceremony.

Births

• July 10 - John Calvin, founder of calvinism
• Nicholas Bacon - English politician
• Jane Seymour, later third Queen consort of Henry VIII of England.

Marriages

• June 11 - King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon, his first Queen consort.

Deaths

• April 21 - King Henry VII of England
• June 29 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England