Major Events
- Feb 4 Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned
- Feb 6 Maximilian I proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor in centuries not crowned by the Pope
- Aug 8 Spaniard Juan Ponce de León founds Caparra the first European settlement in Puerto Rico
Born in 1508
- Jun 9 Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
- Nov 30 Andrea Palladio [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], Italian architect (Il Redentore, Venice), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1580)
- Dec 9 Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon], Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (created globe), born in Dokkum, Friesland (now Netherlands) (d. 1555)
- Dec 24 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist, born in Florence (d. 1567)
Ludovico SforzaMore 1508 Deaths
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael