1508

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Year 1508 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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 3-year truce and cede several territories to Venice.

July - December

• 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.

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 (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"

See also :Category: 1508 births.

Deaths

• February 4 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist (b. 1459)
• May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
• July 31 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle)
• October 13 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
• December 10 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
• date unknown
• Isaac Abrabanel, Portuguese statesman, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1437)

See also :Category: 1508 deaths.

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