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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian, King of the Romans]], requests permission to march to Rome through Venetian territory, but is denied and begins his ''[[Italienzug]]''.
* [[February 2]] &ndash; During the [[Glinski rebellion]], [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuanian]] noble [[Michael Glinski|Mykolas Glinskis]] attacks [[Grodno]] (now in [[Belarus]]) and decapitates [[Jan Zabrzeziński]], the top ally of [[Alexander I Jagiellon|Grand Duke Alexander]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jankowski |first1=Czesław |title=Powiat oszmiański: materjały do dziejów ziemi i ludzi |date=1897 |publisher=Ksiȩg. K. Grendyszyńskiego |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6c4MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Micha%C5%82+Gli%C5%84ski+Jan+Zabrzezi%C5%84ski+Grodno+%222+lutego+1508%22&pg=PA9 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Reddaway |first1=W.F. |last2=Penson |first2=J.H. |last3=Halecki |first3=O. |last4=Dyboski |first4=R. |title=The Cambridge History of Poland |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-001-28802-4 |page=301 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N883AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA301 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian]], King of the Romans, proclaims himself [[Holy Roman Emperor]] at the Italian city of [[Trento]], after having been blocked by Venice from traveling to Rome to be crowned by [[Pope Julius II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hollegger |first1=Manfred |title=Maximilian I.: Herrscher und Mensch einer Zeitenwende |date=22 September 2005 |publisher=Kohlhammer Verlag |isbn=978-3-17-023247-1 |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ip4DwAAQBAJ&dq=%E2%80%9E4.+Februar+1508%E2%80%9C+Maximilian,+Heiliges+R%C3%B6misches+Reich,+Trient&pg=PA189 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=DeVries |first1=Kelly |last2=Rogers |first2=Clifford J. |last3=France |first3=John |title=Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XX |date=21 June 2022 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-718-6 |page=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dj52EAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], attacks the [[Republic of Venice]] and sack Ampezzo the next day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mead Skjelver |first1=Daniel |title=Maximilian I Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-I-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedias Britannica |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Louis V, Elector Palatine|Louis V]] becomes the new [[prince elector]] of the Palatinate upon the death of his father, [[Philip, Elector Palatine|Philip]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frensdorff |first1=Ferdinand |last2=Lexer |first2=Matthias |last3=Roth |first3=Friedrich |title=Die chroniken der schwäbischen städte. Augsburg |date=1894 |publisher=S. Hirzel |page=457 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLayJFUkv6IC&dq=Kurf%C3%BCrst+von+der+Pfalz+ludwig+v+%E2%80%9E28.+Februar+1508%E2%80%9C&pg=PA457 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The Republic of Venice defeats Maximilian I in the [[Battle of Cadore]]. 
* [[March 5]] &ndash; ''La Cassaria'' by [[Ludovico Ariosto]], the first [[Italian language]] comedy, is premiered at [[Ferrara]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Borsellino |first1=Nino |last2=Aurigemma |first2=Marcello |title=La Letteratura italiana: Cinquecento dal Rinascimento alla controriforma |date=1970 |publisher=Laterza |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiRdAAAAMAAJ&q=La%20Cassaria%20Ludovico%20Ariosto%20ferrara%20%225%20marzo%201508%22 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; The oldest annual [[foot race]] in Europe, the "Red Hose Race", is run for the first time, taking place in [[Scotland]] at [[Carnwath]], [[Lanarkshire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Martin |title=Curious Customs: A Guide to Local Customs and Festivals Throughout the British Isles |date=1993 |publisher=Impact Books |isbn=978-1-874687-19-1 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDXgAAAAMAAJ&q=%20%2213%20march%201508%22 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://clan-lockhart.org/history/ |website=Clan Lockhart Society |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[William IV, Duke of Bavaria|Wilhelm IV]] becomes the new [[Duke of Bavaria]] upon the death of his father, [[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht IV]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sattler |first1=Maximilian V. |title=Lehrbuch der bayerischen Geschichte|date=1868 |publisher=Lindauer |page=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk5BAAAAcAAJ&dq=wilhelm+iv+%2218.+M%C3%A4rz+1508%22&pg=PA213 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[March 22]]
**Working from the house of Piero di Braccio Martelli at [[Florence]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] begins writing his "[[Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci#Publication|collection without order]]" of his scientific discoveries.<ref>{{cite book |last1=da Vinci |first1=Leonardo |last2=MacCurdy |first2=Edward |title=The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci |date=1955 |publisher=Braziller |location=New York |page=58 |url=https://archive.org/details/noteboo00leon/page/58/mode/2up?q=1508 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> 
**[[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] appoints Florentine merchant [[Amerigo Vespucci]] to the post of Chief Navigator of Spain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arciniegas |first1=Germán |last2=Pforzheimer |first2=Carl Howard |title=Amerigo and the New World : the life & times of Amerigo Vespucci |date=1955 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |page=273 |url=https://archive.org/details/amerigonewworld00arci/page/272/mode/2up?q=march |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>