What happened in 1909

15 events　World 2, Japan 3, North America 1, Europe 5, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 1, Middle East 2

Highlights of 1909

Feb 2North AmericaThe Paris Film Congress opens. It is an attempt to create a cartel of leading European producers similar to the MPPC in the United States.
Mar 31EuropeConstruction begins on the RMS Titanic, at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.
May 19USSR / RussiaRussian ballet is brought to the Western world when the Ballets Russes opens a tour produced by Sergei Diaghilev at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with 55 dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky.
Jul 1AsiaIn London, Indian nationalist student Madan Lal Dhingra assassinates Curzon Wyllie, political aide to the Secretary of State for India.
Aug 8WorldMax Heindel formally founds the Rosicrucian Fellowship in Seattle, Washington.
OctJapanSuzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing, predecessor of the Suzuki motorbike and compact car brand in Japan, is founded in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Aug 8Max Heindel formally founds the Rosicrucian Fellowship in Seattle, Washington.
Nov 28Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premièred in New York City with the composer as soloist.

Sep 4Japan and China sign the Gando Convention, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria.
Oct 26Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun, an activist of the Korean independence movement, at the Harbin railway station in Manchuria.
OctSuzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing, predecessor of the Suzuki motorbike and compact car brand in Japan, is founded in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Feb 2The Paris Film Congress opens. It is an attempt to create a cartel of leading European producers similar to the MPPC in the United States.

Mar 31Construction begins on the RMS Titanic, at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.
Apr 19The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (modern-day BP) is incorporated.
Apr 23In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people.
Jun 15Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's Cricket Ground in London and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
Jul 25"Tragic Week" (La Semana Trágica/la Setmana Tràgica): The city of Barcelona experiences a workers' uprising.

May 19Russian ballet is brought to the Western world when the Ballets Russes opens a tour produced by Sergei Diaghilev at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with 55 dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky.

Jul 1In London, Indian nationalist student Madan Lal Dhingra assassinates Curzon Wyllie, political aide to the Secretary of State for India.

MarApril 13 (March 31 by Eastern reckoning) – A countercoup begins in the Ottoman Empire.
Apr 14Adana massacre: Ottoman Turks kill 15,000–30,000 Armenian Christians, in the Adana Vilayet.