This page collects public shark-human incident records whose event year is 1909. It provides a chronological list together with classification, outcome, activity and species-confidence context.
A year page describes what is documented in the public Shark Incidents dataset; it is not a claim that every worldwide incident from 1909 has been captured. Older years are particularly affected by missing newspapers, incomplete locations, changing terminology and uncertain species identification.
Each public incident is counted once. Verification status and incident classification remain separate, and ambiguous multi-record legacy URLs are handled as grouped pages rather than being forced into one incident.
September 4, 1909 · Provoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA. Recorded date: 1909-09-04. Classification: Provoked.
July 24, 1909 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Rockaway, New York, USA. Recorded date: 1909-07-24. Classification: Unprovoked.
June 18, 1909 · Air/sea disaster · Fatal
Historical record: Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1909-06-18. Classification: Sea Disaster.
April 27, 1909 · Provoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Puente Mayorga, San Roque, Cádiz, Andalucia, SPAIN. Recorded date: 1909-04-27. Classification: Provoked.
1909 · Air/sea disaster · Fatal
Historical record: Rhio Strait, 30 nm from Singapore, INDONESIA. Recorded date: not recorded. Classification: Sea Disaster.