1909 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 9
July 25: Louis Blériot crosses the English Channel
The 1900s was the decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the
1909
…Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. British…
A shocked mandarin in Manchu robe in the back, with Queen Victoria (British Empire), Wilhelm II (German Empire), Nicholas II (Imperial Russia), Marianne (French Third Republic), and a samurai (Empire of Japan) stabbing into a king cake with Chine ("China" in French) written on it. A portrayal of New Imperialism and its effects on China.
Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in United States history
During 1905 the physicist Albert Einstein published four articles – each revolutionary and groundbreaking in its field.
The first ascent of LZ1 over Lake Constance (the Bodensee) in 1900.