1508

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

1508 in other calendars

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

• 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.