1009

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	970s  980s  990s  – 1000s –  1010s  1020s  1030s
Years:	1006 1007 1008 – 1009 – 1010 1011 1012

Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (r. 1009–1028)

1009 (MIX) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the ninth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.

Events

• February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
• The Ly dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.
• Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as Pope.
• Suleiman II succeeds Mohammed II as Caliph of Cordoba.
• Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.

Births

• Goda of England, Duchess of Brittany, sister of Edward the Confessor (died 1063)
• Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, second Lord Chancellor of England (died 1099)

Deaths

• Pope John XVIII