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 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1508 MDVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2261 |
| Armenian calendar | 957 ԹՎ ՋԾԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 4204 – 4205 丁卯 – 戊辰 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1500 – 1501 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5268 – 5269 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1563 – 1564 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1430 – 1431 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4609 – 4610 |
| Iranian calendar | 886 – 887 |
| Islamic calendar | 914 – 915 |
1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
[edit] Events
- 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 three year truce and cede several territories to Venice
- December 10 - League of Cambrai 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
- Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of Ethiopia. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
[edit] Births
- June 9 - Primoz Trubar, Slovenian protestant reformer (died 1586)
- November 30 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (died 1580)
- December 9 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (died 1555)
- December 24 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (died 1567)
- Livio Agresti, Italian painter (d. 1580)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Spanish general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (died 1583)
- Jean Daurat, French poet (died 1588)
- Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (died 1567)
- Pieter Aertsen, Dutch painter (died 1573)
[edit] Deaths
- May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452)
- July 31 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (killed in battle)
- October 13 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (born 1446)
- December 10 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451)
- Isaac Abravanel, Portuguese statesman, philosopher, and theologian (born 1437)
- Conrad Celtes, German humanist (born 1459)
