In history, year 1909 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1909.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 09 january | Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition, planted the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone has ever reached at that time. |
| 05 february | Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation ofBakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. |
| 22 february | The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut, complete a circumnavigation of the globe. |
| 23 february | The Silver Dart was flown off the ice of Bras d'Or Lake on CapeBreton Island, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canadaand the British Empire. |
| 26 february | The first films made with Kinemacolor, the earliest successful colour motion picture process, were shown to the British general public. |
| 21 march | The remains of the Báb, one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith, were interred by `Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa, present-day Israel. |
| 14 april | Following a military revolt against the constitutional government, a mob began a massacre of Armenians in Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. |
| 13 may | The first Giro d'Italia long distance road bicycle racing stagerace began in Italy, with Italian professional road racing cyclist LuigiGanna becoming the eventual winner. |
| 25 july | French aviator Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in aheavier-than-air flying machine, flying from near Calais, France, toDover, England. |
| 07 august | Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City, Alice HuylerRamsey, with three friends, arrived in San Francisco to become the firstwoman to drive an automobile across the U.S. |
| 28 august | A military coup d'etat against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the Goudi neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. |
| 30 august | American paleontologist Charles Walcott discovered the BurgessShale, one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. |
| 04 december | The first Grey Cup game, the championship game of the CanadianFootball League, was held. |
| 04 december | The Montreal Canadiens, the oldest professional ice hockey clubin the world, was founded as a charter member of the National HockeyAssociation. |
| 02 June | Alfred Deakin was elected Prime Minister of Australia for the third consecutive time. |
| 30 July | Wright Banghuas built the first aircraft for the army. |
| 12 September | German chemist Fritts Hoffmann obtained a patent for synthetic rubber. |
| 30 October | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, a prominent scientist of India, was born. Who envisioned India's nuclear power program. He is also known as the \ 'Architect of Indian Atomic Energy Program \'. |
| 10 November | American musician and lyricist Johnny Marks was born. |
| 13 November | A fire at a St. Paul coal mine in Cherry, Illinois, USA, killed 259 personnel. |
| 23 November | The Wright brothers set up the company with the capital of $ 1 million to produce the aircraft. |
| 06 April | US citizens Robert Pieri and Matthew Hansen claimed to have reached the North Pole for the first time. |
| 05 January | Colombia accepted the independence of Panama. |
| 05 February | Leo Backland announced the manufacture of Bakelite hard thermosetting plastics. |
| 04 March | William Howard Taft was sworn in as the 27th President of the United States. |
| 04 April | The Football Team Sport Club International was established in Porto Alegre Brazil. |
| 17 May | The first Giro d \ tallia bicycle race began in the city of Milan, with Luigi Sugarcane winning. |
| 08 June | An earthquake and tsunami destroyed the city of Korinchi, located on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 230 people. |
| 25 July | Workers started a revolt in the city of Barcelona. |
| 12 August | The Indianapolis Motor Speed Way opened in the United States. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 January | Dana Andrews / Actor / United States of America |
| 03 November | James Reston / Author / United States of America |
| 06 March | Obafemi Awolowo / Politician / Nigeria |
| 07 December | Nikola Vaptsarov / Poet / Bulgaria |
| 07 November | Ruby Hurley / Activist / United States of America |
| 07 October | Erastus Corning 2nd / Politician / United States of America |
| 08 February | Elisabeth Murdoch / Philanthropist / Australia |
| 11 February | Max Baer / Actor / United States of America |
| 12 February | Sigmund Rascher / Physician / Germany |
| 14 October | Bernd Rosemeyer / Racing Car Driver / Germany |
| 15 June | Elena Nikolaidi / Educator / United States of America |
| 17 August | Wilf Copping / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 20 June | Errol Flynn / Actor / United States of America |
| 21 March | Harry Lane / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 21 February | Hans Erni / Painter / Switzerland |
| 21 December | Seichō Matsumoto / Author / Japan |
| 22 May | Margaret Mee / Educator / United Kingdom |
| 23 September | Lorenc Antoni / Composer / Albania |
| 26 July | Peter Thorneycroft / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 30 April | F. E. McWilliam / Educator / Ireland |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 08 January | Ashapoorna Devi / Poet / India |
| 28 July | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy / Politician / India |
| 09 August | Vinayaka Krishna Gokak / Author / India |
| 28 July | Brahmananda Reddy / Politician / India |
| 13 June | E. M. S. Namboodiripad / Politician / India |
| 16 November | Mirza Nasir Ahmad / Religious Leader / India |
| 15 September | C. N. Annadurai / Politician / India |
| 20 December | Vakkom Majeed / Politician / India |
| 01 May | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha / Politician / India |
| 01 January | Dattaram Hindlekar / Cricketer / India |
| 28 September | Paidi Jairaj / Actor / India |
| 11 June | K.S. Hegde / Politician / India |
| 18 July | Bishnu Dey / Poet / India |
| 08 January | Ashapoorna Devi / Poet / India |
| 15 September | C. N. Annadurai / Politician / India |
| 08 January | Ashapurna Devi / Novelist / India |
| 16 February | Murugapillai Navratnaswami / Swimmer / India |
| 30 October | Homi J. Bhabha / Scientist / India |
| 16 July | Aruna Aasif Ali / Teacher / India |
| 19 July | Balamani Amma / Poet / India |
