1309

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Year 1309 (MCCCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) 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 Muslim Emirate of Granada; Sultan Muhammad III is spared but his vizier, Abu Abdallah ibn al-Hakim, is killed .
• August 11 – Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King James II land on the coast of Almería, beginning the Siege of Almería.
• 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.
• December – The Siege of Almería is withdrawn, leaving the Emirate of Granada in possession of the city.
• Date unknown
  • The village of Lukáčovce, Slovakia first appears in the historical record.
  • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Kingdom of England, is bought by the House of Percy, later Earls of Northumberland.

Births[]

• Konrad of Megenberg (d. 1374)^[1]
• Aldona of Lithuania, queen consort of Poland (d. 1339)
• Leo IV, King of Armenia (d. 1341)

Deaths[]

• April 10 – Elisabeth von Rapperswil, Swiss sovereign countess of Rapperswil (b. 1261)
• May 5 – Charles II of Naples
• James of St. George, Savoyard military architect (b. 1230)
• Raden Wijaya, Founder and First King of Majapahit Empire

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