Editing 1508 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 8]] &ndash; An inconclusive peace treaty is signed to end the third of the [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars]].<ref>Rimvydas Petrauskas and Jūratė Kiaupienė, ''Lietuvos istorija. Nauji horizontai: dinastija, visoumenė, valstybė'' (''The History of Lithuania, New Horizons: Dynasty, Unification, State'') (Baltos Lankos, 2009), p. 466</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; King [[Louis XII of France]] convenes court at the [[Parlement de Normandie]] building in [[Rouen]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Salet |first1=Francis |title=Le Palais de Justice de Rouen. Ouvrage collectif publié par les soins du Ministère de la Justice et du département de la Seine-Maritime |journal=Bulletin Monumental |date=1980 |volume=138 |issue=1 |pages=107–108 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1980_num_138_1_5889_t1_0107_0000_2 |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 1]] &ndash; At the age of 16, [[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Prince Wolfgang]] of the [[House of Ascania]] becomes the new ruler of the German principality of [[Anhalt-Köthen]], succeeding his father Waldemar VI. In 1521, he will meet [[Martin Luther]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Große |first1=W. |title=Fürst Wolfgang der Standhafte von Anhalt: Geschichtsbild zur 300jährigen Gedächtnisfeier des Augsburger Religionsfriedens |date=1855 |publisher=Baumgarten |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWwAAAAAcAAJ&q=1521+luther |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref> and, in 1525, will introduce the [[Reformation]] to his principality, making Anhalt-Köthen only the second nation (after the [[Electorate of Saxony]]) to officially adopt [[Protestantism]].
* [[November 29]] &ndash; Astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Mikołaj Kopernik]] of Poland is granted benefits by [[Pope Julius II]] in order to perform his work.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gassendi |first1=Pierre |last2=Thill |first2=Olivier |title=The Life of Copernicus (1473-1543): The Man who Did Not Change the World |date=2002 |publisher=Xulon Press |isbn=978-1-59160-193-7 |pages=52–53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9r0RfQtpU6AC&q=1508&pg=PA1 |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; The [[League of Cambrai]] is formed as an alliance against the [[Republic of Venice]], between [[Pope Julius II]], [[Louis XII of France]], [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Duncan Mackie|title=The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1558|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPPjvveNsTQC&pg=PA155|date=31 December 1952|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-821706-0|pages=155}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dabul]]: Portuguese forces, under the command of [[Francisco de Almeida]], attack [[Khambhat]].
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Michelangelo]] begins painting the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] in the [[Holy See]] of Rome, on a commission by [[Pope Julius II]] (signed May 10).<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo Steinberg|title=Michelangelo's Painting: Selected Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lR2jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|date=31 December 2019|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-48243-9|pages=3368}}</ref>