* 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.

* 1909 – William M. Branham, American evangelist ( d. 1965 )

* 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver ( d. 1987 )

* 1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands ( d. 2004 )

* 1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor ( d. 1992 )

* 1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist ( d. 1966 )

* 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist ( d. 1959 )

* 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat ( d. 1944 )

Monty Noble led Australia to victory in both 1907 – 08 and 1909.

* 1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist ( d. 1971 )

* 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.

* 1909 – Bill Voce, England cricketer ( d. 1984 )

* 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish writer ( d. 1909 )

* 1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader ( d. 1973 )

* 1909 – Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor ( d. 1995 )

* 1909 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian army officer and businessman ( d. 1991 )

* 1909 – First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.

* 1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician ( d. 1992 )

* 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and pianist ( d. 1909 )

* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1909 – The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

* 1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer ( d. 1970 )

* 1909 – Leila Danette, American actress

* 1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

Fenrir has been depicted in the artwork " Odin and Fenris " ( 1909 ) and " The Binding of Fenris " ( around 1900 ) by Dorothy Hardy, " Odin und Fenriswolf " and " Fesselung des Fenriswolfe " ( 1901 ) by Emil Doepler, and is the subject of the metal sculpture " Fenrir " by A. V. Gunnerud located on the island of Askøy, Norway.

Very few changes were made to the kit until 1922 when the club adopted white shirts bearing a deep red " V " around the neck, similar to the shirt worn in the 1909 FA Cup Final.

* July 4 – Mehmed VI ( 1918 – 1922 ) succeeds Mehmed V ( Resad ) ( 1909 – 1918 ) as Ottoman Sultan.

* February 26 – King Mohammed V of Morocco ( b. 1909 )

She had been employed first in Wright's office, and then by the architect Hermann V. von Holst, who had taken over Wright's work in America when Wright abruptly left for Europe in 1909 — eloping with a woman.

On 13 June 1909, A. V. Roe's aircraft took to the air from Walthamstow Marshes.

Abie-born psychiatrist Elvin V. Semrad ( 1909 – 1976 ) was a professor of psychaiatry at Harvard Medical School and, for more than two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, clinical director in charge of psychiatric residency training at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, described as " the most influential psychiatric training program in this country ".

King Gustaf V was petitioned on 6 May 1909 following the publication of preliminary plans for the Stockholm bid that the expected cost of hosting the Games would be 415, 000 Kronor (£ 23, 050 or $ 115, 250 ).

File: Gallipoli-star-unadorned. jpg | Tughra of Mehmed V ( 1909 ) as used on a Gallipoli Star

Mohammed V ( 10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961 ) () was Sultan of Morocco from 1927 – 53, exiled from 1953 – 55, where he was again recognized as Sultan upon his return, and King from 1957 to 1961.

* Mohammed V of Morocco ( 1909 – 1961 ), king of Morocco

Palmer, The Philosophy of Chiropractic, V. Davenport, IA: Palmer School of Chiropractic ; 1909

* 1909 Originally operated by steam locomotives, electrification of the line from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg was completed on 3 June using 1500 V DC, with electric locomotives positioned, for safety reasons, at the lower end of the trains.

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from: 12 / 10 / 1908 till: 16 / 08 / 1909 color: V text :" Niels Neergaard " fontsize: 10

from: 16 / 08 / 1909 till: 28 / 10 / 1909 color: V text :" Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg " fontsize: 10

* Hnatyuk, V. M., Y. Rozdol's ' ky and F. Kolessa: Hayivky ( Lemberg, 1909 ) Ger.

Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund, or BVB, is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Saint Arnold Janssen, S. V. D., ( November 5, 1837 – January 15, 1909 ) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary, and is venerated as a saint.

* Romanoff, Grand Duke Nicolas Mikhailovitch, Portraits Russes, St. Petersburg ; Tome I, Fascicle 1, Fascicle 2, Fascicle 3, Fascicle 4, 1905, Tome II, Fascicle 1, Fascicle 2, Fascicle 3, Fascicle 4, 1906, Tome III, Fascicle 1, Fascicle 2, Fascicle 3, Fascicle 4, 1907, Tome IV Fascicle 1, Fascicle 2, Fascicle 3, Fascicle 4, 1908, Tome V Fascicle 1, Fascicle 2, Fascicle 3, Fascicle 4, 1909.

He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, Sultan, then King of Morocco ( 1909 – 1961 ) and his wife Lalla Abla bint Tahar ( 1909 – 1992 ).