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| 1 | Operation Seabight | | A shipment of cocaine, worth €750 million, is seized off the coast of Ireland in the largest such seizure in the country's history. 9 November |  | | 2008 |
| 2 | Irish pork crisis of 2008 | | Ireland issues an international recall of its pork products following the discovery of contaminated pig feed. 6 December | | | 2008 |
| 3 | 2009 Gabonese helicopter crash | | Seven French soldiers are killed and one is reported missing following a helicopter crash off the Gabonese coast. 17 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 4 | Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy | | The President of Ireland Mary McAleese signs emergency legislation confirming the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank. 21 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 5 | Dendermonde nursery attack | | Three people are stabbed to death and ten more are injured after an attack at a crèche in Dendermonde, Belgium. 22 January |  | | Jan. 2009 |
| 6 | Laurent Nkunda | | Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is arrested by the Rwandan military on its country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 22 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 7 | 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche | | Three people are killed and one is seriously injured following an avalanche on Buachaille Etive Mòr in the Scottish Highlands. 24 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 8 | 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire | | A massive fire at a supermarket in downtown Nairobi, Kenya kills at least 14 people. 30 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 9 | 2009 Malagasy protests | | At least 68 people are killed in anti-government protests in Madagascar. 29 January | | | Jan. 2009 |
| 10 | 2009 Kenyan oil spill ignition | | Over 50 people are killed and 82 critically injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, Kenya. 1 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 11 | Patriarch Kirill of Moscow |  | Kirill of Moscow (pictured) becomes the 16th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. 1 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 12 | Enten controversy | | The chairman of a Tokyo bedding supplier is arrested by Japanese police following the exposure of an investment scam reportedly worth US$1.4 billion. 5 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 13 | February 2009 United Kingdom and Ireland snowstorm |  | The heaviest snowfall for 18 years disrupts air and road traffic and shuts schools across much of Ireland and the United Kingdom (snowfall in London pictured). 6 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 14 | 2009 Malagasy protests | | Madagascar police open fire on a protest in Antananarivo, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds. 7 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 15 | 2009 Amazonian airplane crash | | An airplane crashes near Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, Brazil, killing 24 people. 8 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 16 | Bolivian constitutional referendum, 2009 | | President of Bolivia Evo Morales enacts a new constitution which grants more power to the country's indigenous majority and allows for land reform. 8 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 17 | Tlatelolco (archaeological site) | | The discovery of a 16th-century mass grave containing at least 49 human skeletons at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City is announced. 11 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 18 | 2009 Orissa train derailment | | A passenger train derails in the Indian state of Orissa, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150. 13 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 19 | HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China | | China confirms HIV/AIDS as its leading cause of death by infectious disease in 2008, a fivefold increase over a three year period. 19 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 20 | 2009 Slovak coach and train collision | | Eleven people are killed and 20 more are injured in a collision between a tourist coach and a train in central Slovakia. 21 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 21 | 2009 Shanxi mine blast | | A mine blast in Gujiao in the Shanxi province of China kills at least 73 people and injures at least 113 more. 22 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 22 | Battle of South Mogadishu | | A machine gun and mortar battle in Mogadishu, Somalia kills 15 people and injures at least ninety more in the Somali Civil War. 24 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 23 | Gamburtsev Mountain Range | | An international team of scientists announces the completion of its mission to map the Gamburtsev Mountain Range beneath the Antarctic ice. 25 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 24 | 2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic | | An outbreak of dengue fever kills at least 18 people and infects 31,000 more in Bolivia. 26 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 25 | Kano trovafloxacin trial litigation | | U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer settles a multi-billion dollar damages case with 200 alleged victims of a drugs trial in Kano, Nigeria. 26 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 26 | 2009 Bank of Ireland robbery | | Over €7 billion is stolen from the Bank of Ireland in College Green, Dublin, in the largest bank robbery in Irish history. 27 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 27 | Svalbard Global Seed Vault | | 90,000 food crop seed samples are delivered to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle. 26 February | | | Feb. 2009 |
| 28 | João Bernardo Vieira |  | The President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira (pictured), is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau. 2 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 29 | 2009 Angola, Namibia and Zambia floods | | Floods in Namibia and Angola kill 90 people and make at least 25.000 people homeless. 20 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 30 | 2009 Six Nations Championship | Millennium Stadium | Ireland wins its first Six Nations Grand Slam in rugby union since 1948. 21 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 31 | 2009 Yemeni tourist attacks | | A suicide attack kills four South Korean tourists and a local guide in Shibam, Yemen. 18 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 32 | 2009 Montana Pilatus PC-12 crash | | A Pilatus PC-12 crashes in the U.S. state of Montana, killing at least 14 people. 22 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 33 | GhostNet | | The University of Toronto researchers discover GhostNet, a China-based electronic spying operation which has infiltrated 1,295 computers in 103 countries. 29 March | | | Mar. 2009 |
| 34 | Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy |  | The unexpected public hanging of Ireland's Taoiseach, Brian Cowen (pictured), occurs in Dublin, following months of economic uncertainty. 1 April | | | Apr. Fls. 2009 |
| 35 | Binghamton shootings | | Thirteen people are killed and 26 others are severely wounded during a shooting incident in Binghamton, New York. 3 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 36 | 2009 L'Aquila earthquake | | An earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, kills at least 50 people and leaves 50,000 homeless. 6 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 37 | 2009 Masters Tournament | | Ángel Cabrera wins the 2009 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, USA, after a two-hole playoff. 12 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 38 | Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire |  | A fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, kills at least 21 people and injures at least 20 others in the country's worst fire disaster since 1980. 14 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 39 | Mycocepurus smithii | | Researchers report the discovery of Mycocepurus smithii, the first ant species determined to consist exclusively of females that reproduces through cloning. 15 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 40 | Durban Review Conference |  | A number of delegates exit in protest during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's (pictured) speech at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. 20 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 41 | Great Wall of China | | A Chinese government study locates an extra 3,850 kilometres (2,390 mi) of the Great Wall of China. 20 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 42 | 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks | | Two suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba kill at least 76 people, including 46 Iranian pilgrims, and injure over 100 others in the deadliest terrorist incidents in Iraq this year. 23 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 43 | Shining Path | | The Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path makes a resurgence in Peru, with anti-government ambushes killing 14 soldiers in April 2009. 21 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 44 | Mathira Massacre | | At least 29 people are hacked and stoned to death in clashes between Mungiki members and civilians in Karatina, Kenya. 21 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 45 | Puijila darwini |  | The discovery of Puijila darwini, the oldest seal ancestor ever located, is announced. 22 April | | | Apr. 2009 |
| 46 | 2009 attack on Dutch Royal Family |  | Six people are killed in an attempt on the Dutch Royal Family (Queen Beatrix pictured) as a car driver crashed through crowds watching the annual Koninginnedag celebrations. 30 April | | | May 2009 |
| 47 | 2009 May Day protests | | Police clash with protesters across the world as traditional May Day marches turn violent. 1 May | | | May 2009 |
| 48 | Carol Ann Duffy | | Carol Ann Duffy is named Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first female, the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. 2 May | | | May 2009 |
| 49 | Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye |  | Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (pictured) replaces Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré as Prime Minister of Senegal. 2 May | | | May 2009 |
| 50 | Pacific Islands Forum | | The Pacific Islands Forum suspends Fiji's membership indefinitely due to the recent political, legal and human rights situation in the country. 3 May | | | May 2009 |
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