1508
Year '1508' was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Contents |
| Events of 1508 |
| January - June |
| July - December |
| Undated |
| Births |
| Deaths |
Events of 1508
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 three year truce and cede several territories to Venice.
December 1508: Sistine Chapel.
July - December
★ 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.
Undated
★ Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of Ethiopia. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
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)
★ ''date unknown''
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★ Livio Agresti, Italian painter (d. 1580)
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★ Jean Daurat, French poet (died 1588)
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★ Marin Držić, Croatian playwright (died 1567)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
★ February 4 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist (born 1459)
★ 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)
★ ''date unknown''
★ Isaac Abrabanel, Portuguese statesman, philosopher, and theologian (born 1437)
: ''See also .''
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