1508
Information about 1508
| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1505 1506 1507 - 1508 - 1509 1510 1511 |
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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
| Gregorian calendar | 1508 MDVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2261 |
| Armenian calendar | 957 ԹՎ ՋԾԷ |
| Bah' calendar | -336 – -335 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2052 |
| Chinese calendar | 4144/4204-7-26 (丁卯年七月廿六日) — to — 4145/4205-7-5(戊辰年七月初五日) |
| 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 | 914 – 915 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 0 (永正0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2168 (皇紀2168年) |
| Julian calendar | 1553 |
| Korean calendar | 3841 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2051 |
- 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
- Livio Agresti, Italian painter (d. 1580)
- Jean Daurat, French poet (died 1588)
- Marin Držić, Croatian playwright (died 1567)
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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)
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- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
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- Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (1494-1508)
- Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-1540)
- Kongo - João I (1470 - 1509)
- Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503 - 1533/4)
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Maximilian I of Habsburg
Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). Maximilian holds his personal emblem, the pomegranate.
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Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). Maximilian holds his personal emblem, the pomegranate.
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Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Venice (VE)
Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18 2005)
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Region Veneto
Province Venice (VE)
Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18 2005)
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June 6 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Maximilian I of Habsburg
Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). Maximilian holds his personal emblem, the pomegranate.
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Holy Roman Emperor
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