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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 23]] &ndash; Upon the death of his father, King Oxlahuh-Tz'i, Hun-Iqʼ becomes one of the two kings of [[Guatemala]]'s [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]] [[Maya peoples|Maya]] civilization. Hun-Iqʼ reigns jointly with King Kablahuh-Tihax until the latter's death on February 4.<ref>Linda Schele and Peter Mathews, ''The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Maya Temples and Tombs'' (Simon & Schuster, 1999) p.297</ref>
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The process of removing the former layers of paint on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is completed, and [[Michelangelo]] begins the next phase of marking the surface for painting.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pfisterer |first1=Ulrich |title=The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome |date=2018 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-1-60606-553-2 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnFlDwAAQBAJ&q=%2227%20july%22 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] &ndash; The [[Emperor of Ethiopia]], [[Na'od]], dies in battle.<ref name="NA" /> His son Lebna Dengel takes on the regnal name of [[Dawit II]], and becomes the new emperor starting on August 11.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=William |title=Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1847 |date=1877 |publisher=British Museum |page=vii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmRvmDoKPcAC&dq=dawit+13+august+1508&pg=PR7 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; The Spanish settlement of [[Puerto Rico]] begins when [[Juan Ponce de León]] lands on the island.<ref>{{cite book |title=Puerto Rico, U.S.A. |date=1980 |publisher=Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JdtAAAAMAAJ&dq=caparra+%22august+12+1508%22&pg=PA25 |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Upon his arrival, Ponce is welcomed by [[Agüeybaná I]], the island's leader a [[Cacique]] of the [[Taíno]] people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Altman |first1=Ida |last2=Wheat |first2=David |title=The Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic World in the Long Sixteenth Century |date=1 June 2019 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-9957-3 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRGQDwAAQBAJ&dq=welcomed+Ag%C3%BCeyban%C3%A1+I+Juan+Ponce+de+Le%C3%B3n&pg=PA27 |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The Spanish explorer soon settles and founds the city of [[Caparra Archaeological Site|Caparra]], near what is now the town of [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico|Guaynabo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Caparra Archeological Site |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/caparra_archeological_site.html |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] &ndash; England is left without a Roman Catholic [[Cardinal protector of England|Cardinal protector]] when Cardinal [[Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere]] dies suddenly.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilkie |first1=William E. |title=The Cardinal Protectors of England: Rome and the Tudors Before the Reformation |date=11 July 1974 |page=35|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20332-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=viA9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Galeotto+Franciotti+della+Rovere+Cardinal+protector+%2211+september+1508%22&pg=PA35 |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> England's [[Henry VII of England|King Henry VII]] dies seven months later before the monarchy and the Pope can agree on a new cardinal protector. The King's successor, [[Henry VIII]], later abolishes the office entirely after [[Lorenzo Campeggio]] dies in the course of the [[English Reformation]] and the creation of the [[Church of England]].