1508
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1505 1506 1507 - 1508 - 1509 1510 1511 |
| 1508 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1508 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1508
[edit] January - June
- February - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor attacks Venice.
- June 6 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a 3-year truce and cede several territories to Venice.
[edit] July - December
- August - Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of Ethiopia. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
- December 10 - The League of Cambrai is formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- December - Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
[edit] Ongoing
- Italian Wars (1494-1559)
- Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars (1492-1537)
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1508 MDVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2261 |
| Armenian calendar | 957 ԹՎ ՋԾԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -336 – -335 |
| Berber calendar | 2458 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2052 |
| Burmese calendar | 870 |
| Chinese calendar | 4144/4204-11-29 (丁卯年十一月廿九日) — to —
4145/4205-12-10(戊辰年十二月初十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1224 – 1225 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1500 – 1501 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5268 – 5269 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1563 – 1564 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1430 – 1431 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4609 – 4610 |
| Holocene calendar | 11508 |
| Iranian calendar | 886 – 887 |
| Islamic calendar | 913 – 914 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 5 (永正5年) |
| Korean calendar | 3841 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2051 |
- June 9 - Primoz Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
- November 30 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580)
- December 9 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
- December 24 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)
- date unknown
- Livio Agresti, Italian painter (d. 1580)
- Jean Daurat, French poet (d. 1588)
- Marin Držić, Croatian playwright (d. 1567)
- Flandre Scarlet, "Little sister of the devil"
[edit] Deaths
- February - Robert Lauder of The Bass, governor of Berwick-on-Tweed (b. c. 1440)
- February 4 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist (b. 1459)
- February 15 - Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
- February 27 - James, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1507)
- February 28 - Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1448)
- April 10 - Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian condottiero (b. 1472)
- May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
- July 28 - Robert Blackadder, Bishop of Glasgow
- July 31 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle)
- October 13 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
- October 18 - Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
- December 10 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
- date unknown
- Isaac Abrabanel, Portuguese statesman, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1437)
- Lourenço de Almeida, Portuguese explorer
- Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan), Khan of Tashkent
- Damkhat Reachea, emperor of Cambodia
- Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny (b. c. 1452)
