509

Year 509 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Inportunus without colleague. The denomination 509 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

Clovis I becomes the first Catholic king of the Franks, uniting all the Frankish tribes under his rule. He controls an immense territory in Gaul, and delivers a major blow for the Church against the Arian heresy.

Births

Kinmei, emperor of Japan
Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei

Deaths

Chlodoric, king of the Ripuarian Franks
Sigobert the Lame, king of the Ripuarian Franks