Year 1508 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1508
January - June
July - December
Ongoing
Births
Deaths
- February - Robert Lauder of The Bass, governor of Berwick-on-Tweed (b. c. 1440)
- February 4 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist (b. 1459)
- February 15 - Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
- February 27 - James, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1507)
- February 28 - Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1448)
- April 10 - Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian condottiero (b. 1472)
- May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
- July 28 - Robert Blackadder, Bishop of Glasgow
- July 31 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle)
- October 13 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
- October 18 - Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
- December 10 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
- date unknown
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