What happened in 1508?
18 recorded events in 1508, including 6 in people, 4 in architecture & engineering and 3 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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War of the League of Cambrai
Conflict in the Italian Wars of 1494–1559
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Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508)
1508 conquest
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Battle of Cadore
1508 battle between Venetian and Holy Roman Empire forces
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People 6
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Nephon II of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Na'od died
Ethiopian Emperor from 1494 to 1508
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Palamede de Forbin died
French and Provencal politician of the 15th century, founder of the noble house of Forbin, Grand Seneschal, Governor and Lieutenant-General of Provence, and Governor of Dauphiné
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Conrad Celtes died
German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508)
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Lourenço de Almeida died
Portuguese explorer
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Nikola Šubić Zrinski born
Born in Zrin Castle. Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and general (1508–1566).
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Kebir-Jami Mosque, Simferopol
Cathedral mosque, oldest building in Ukraine
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Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Cathedral in Rostov, Russia
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Glinsky's Rebellion
Failed rebellion
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Church building in Moscow
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Santa Maria della Consolazione
Church building in Todi, Italy
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Monasterio de San Francisco
16th century monastery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Backen Church
Church of Sweden church building in Umeå, Sweden
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Empires & Countries 2
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Aq Qoyunlu dissolved
Aq Qoyunlu ceased to exist, having been centered at Baghdad.
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Principality of Smolensk dissolved
Principality of Smolensk ceased to exist, having been centered at Smolensk.
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