1909: The Year in People

What happened in 1909

1909 (MCMIX) 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 (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.

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Died in 1909

• Algernon Charles Swinburne1837–1909 · English poet, playwright and novelist
• Francisco Tárrega1852–1909 · Spanish composer and classical guitarist
• Isaac Albéniz1860–1909 · Spanish composer
• Afonso Pena1847–1909 · President of Brazil from 1906 to 1909
• Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre1842–1909 · French philosopher
• Francisco Ferrer1859–1909 · 19th and 20th-century Catalan anarchist and educationist
• Emil Erlenmeyer1825–1909 · German chemist
• Catulle Mendès1841–1909 · French poet and man of letters
• Detlev von Liliencron1844–1909 · German lyric poet and novelist
• Edward P. Allen1839–1909 · American politician & lawyer
• Francis Smith (Australian politician)1819–1909 · Australian politician
• Agathon Meurman1826–1909 · Finnish politician and journalist