This article is about the year 2009. For the Glee episode, see 2009 (Glee).
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Calendar year
Millennium:
3rd millennium
Centuries:
20th century
21st century
22nd century
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Years:
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2009 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
2009 MMIX
Ab urbe condita
2762
Armenian calendar
1458 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԸ
Assyrian calendar
6759
Baháʼí calendar
165–166
Balinese saka calendar
1930–1931
Bengali calendar
1416
Berber calendar
2959
British Regnal year
57 Eliz. 2 – 58 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2553
Burmese calendar
1371
Byzantine calendar
7517–7518
Chinese calendar
戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4706 or 4499 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4707 or 4500
Coptic calendar
1725–1726
Discordian calendar
3175
Ethiopian calendar
2001–2002
Hebrew calendar
5769–5770
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2065–2066
- Shaka Samvat
1930–1931
- Kali Yuga
5109–5110
Holocene calendar
12009
Igbo calendar
1009–1010
Iranian calendar
1387–1388
Islamic calendar
1430–1431
Japanese calendar
Heisei 21 (平成21年)
Javanese calendar
1941–1942
Juche calendar
98
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4342
Minguo calendar
ROC 98 民國98年
Nanakshahi calendar
541
Thai solar calendar
2552
Tibetan calendar
阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 2135 or 1754 or 982 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 2136 or 1755 or 983
Unix time
1230768000 – 1262303999
2009 by topic
Arts
Animation
Anime
Architecture
Comics
Film
Horror
Literature
Poetry
Radio
Science fiction
Television
Video games
esports
Music
Albums
By genre
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By place
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Australia
Brazil
Canada
Europe
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Politics and government
Elections
International leaders
Organized crime
Religion
Religious leaders
Sovereign states
Sovereign state leaders
Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology
Biotechnology
Computing
Palaeontology
Quantum computing and communication
Senescence research
Sustainable energy research
Environment
Birding and ornithology
Climate change
Weather
Transportation
Aviation
Rail transport
Spaceflight
Transportation technology
Sports
American football
Association football
Athletics (sport)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Combat sports
Cricket
Cycling
Golf
Ice hockey
Pro wrestling
Rugby union
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
By sovereign state
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Comoros
Congo
D.R. Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
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Georgia
Germany
Ghana
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Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
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Israel
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Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Marshall Islands
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
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Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
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Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
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Sierra Leone
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South Africa
Solomon Islands
South Korea
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Spain
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Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
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Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
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Tuvalu
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Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
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Vanuatu
Vatican City
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Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
By international organization
European Union
United Nations
Categories
Births
Deaths
Establishments
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Works
Introductions
Works entering the public domain
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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
Calendar year
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy[1][2] by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.[3] It was also declared as the International Year of Natural Fibres[4] by the United Nations General Assembly, as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).[5]
^"News Release – IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009". International Astronomical Union. October 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
^"The International Year of Astronomy 2009". IYA2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
^"International Astronomical Union | IAU". Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^United Nations General Assembly Session 61 Resolution189. International Year of National Fibres, 2009A/RES/61/189 December 20, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^"Year of the Gorilla". Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
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