1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. 1505 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1506 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... Events Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba; Velázquez appointed Governor. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s Years: 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer Categories: 1470s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 Events and Trends 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... ---- Events and Trends Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico External links 1500-1524 Events 1500-1509 Events Categories: 1500s ... ---- Events and Trends Template:Stub:hist Categories: 1510s ... ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s Years: 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 Events and Trends Spanish conquest of Peru Beginning of colonization of Brazil Categories: 1530s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... 1507 state leaders - Events of 1508 - 1509 state leaders - State leaders by year Americas Aztec Empire - Moctezuma II, Aztec Emperor (1502-1520) Tahuantinsuyu - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527) Asia China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengde, Emperor of China (1505-1521) Japan Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526) Shogun (Ashikaga... This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter ED), e. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ...

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.

Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The League of Cambrai was a league against Venice formed on December 10, 1508 under the leadership of Pope Julius II. It included, besides the Pope, Louis XII of France, Emperor Maximilian I, and Ferdinand of Aragon. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Julius II, born Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ... Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 – January 1, 1515. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... Ferdinand and his wife Isabel of Castile Ferdinand II (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran dAragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... The Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is a chapel in the Palace of the Vatican, the official residence of the Roman Catholic Pope in the Vatican City. ... Dawit II or David II, better known by his throne name Lebna Dengel (1501 - September 2, 1540) was negus (1508 - 1540) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ... Eleni or Helena (died April, 1522) was the wife of Zara Yaqob, and Queen of Ethiopia. ...

Births

• 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)
• 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)

June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Primož Trubar (June 9, 1508 - June 28, 1586) was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first printed book in Slovene. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 - August 19, 1580), or Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, was an architect born in Padua, Italy. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gemma Frisius, seventeenth-century woodcut by E. de Boulonois For the crater, see Gemma Frisius (crater) Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Pietro Carnesecchi (December 24, 1508 - October 1, 1567) was an Italian humanist. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (Latin, Auratus), (1508 - November 1, 1588) was a French poet and scholar, a member of the Pléiade. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Marin Držić (1508-1567) is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ...

Deaths

• 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)
• Isaac Abravanel, Portuguese statesman, philosopher, and theologian (born 1437)
• Conrad Celtes, German humanist