1508

1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

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.

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)

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