1508
year
1508 (MDVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1508th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 508th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1508, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1505 1506 1507 – 1508 – 1509 1510 1511 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1508 MDVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2261 |
| Armenian calendar | 957 ԹՎ ՋԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6258 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1429–1430 |
| Bengali calendar | 915 |
| Berber calendar | 2458 |
| English Regnal year | 23 Hen. 7 – 24 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2052 |
| Burmese calendar | 870 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7016–7017 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4204 or 4144 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4205 or 4145 |
| Coptic calendar | 1224–1225 |
| Discordian calendar | 2674 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1500–1501 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5268–5269 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1564–1565 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1429–1430 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4608–4609 |
| Holocene calendar | 11508 |
| Igbo calendar | 508–509 |
| Iranian calendar | 886–887 |
| Islamic calendar | 913–914 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 5 (永正５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1425–1426 |
| Julian calendar | 1508 MDVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3841 |
| Minguo calendar | 404 before ROC 民前404年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 40 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2050–2051 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1634 or 1253 or 481 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1635 or 1254 or 482 |
Events
change- 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.