What is 1508?
{{Year nav|1508}} {{Year in various calendars|1508}} {{Year article header|1508}} == Events == *February – [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] attacks [[Venice]] *[[June 6]] – [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] is defeated in Friulia by [[Venice|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 of Ethiopia|Eleni]] acts as regent. [[Category:1508| ]]