1508 in History – What happened in year 1508

In history, year 1508 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1508.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1508:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
22 march	Ferdinand II of Aragon appointed Amerigo Vespucci to the postof Chief Navigator of Spain.
10 december	The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.
06 March	Babur's son Humayun was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Famous birthdays in the year 1508:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
05 April	Ercole II d'Este / Ruler / Italy
08 June	Primož Trubar / Author / Slovenia
09 December	Gemma Frisius / Mathematician / Netherlands
24 December	Pietro Carnesecchi / Scholar / Italy
30 November	Andrea Palladio / Architect / Italy

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1508:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
17 March	Humayun / Ruler / India