What is 1009?
{{Year nav|1009}} {{Year in various calendars|1009}} {{Year article header|1009}} [[File:Tượng Lý Thái Tổ.jpg|thumb|alt=Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (r. 1009–1028) |Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (r. 1009–1028)]] == Events == * [[February 14]]: First known mention of [[Lithuania]], in the annals of the monastery of [[Quedlinburg]].<ref>In the [[Annals of Quedlinburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]].</ref> * [[October 18]]: The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] is destroyed by Caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]]. * The [[Ly dynasty]], [[Vietnam]]'s first independent dynasty, is proclaimed. * [[List of popes|Sergius IV]] succeeds [[List of popes|John XVIII]] as [[Pope]]. * [[Suleiman II]] succeeds [[Mohammed II]] as [[Caliph of Cordoba]]. * [[Provinces of Korea|Provinces]] of [[Goryeo]] (modern-day [[Korea]]) are redistributed. == Births == * [[Goda of England, Duchess of Brittany]], sister of [[Edward the Confessor]] (died [[1063]]) * [[Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury]], second [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (died [[1099]]) == Deaths == * [[Pope John XVIII]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1009| ]]