509

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	470s  480s  490s  – 500s –  510s  520s  530s
Years:	506 507 508 – 509 – 510 511 512

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509 (DIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 509th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 509th year of the 1st millennium, the 9th year of the 6th century, and the 10th and last year of the 500s decade. As of the start of 509, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (d. 571, traditional date)
• Adi Sankara

509 Media

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  King Clovis I by François-Louis Dejuinne (1835)