1508

This page relates to the year 1508 Calendrier Julien.

Events

July 31st: Beginning of the reign of Lebna-Dengel David II, Négus of Ethiopia (fine in 1540).

Regency of the empress Eléni (dead towards 1520) during the minority of his/her son Lebna-Dengel ( Incense of the Virgin ), eight years old. She is advised by the Portuguese Pedro de Covilham. Girl of a Moslem prince, it maintains peace and supports the trade with the Islamic countries via the Adal.

Voyage of Sebastien Pooch with Newfoundland and in the gulf of the the St. Lawrence. It goes up the strait of Hudson where it guesses the starter of the passage of the North-West. Its crew refuses to venture in the ices.
the sailors rouennais are interested in Newfoundland.
Diaz de Solís and Vicente Pinzón explores the coasts of South America, of the Yucatan to the mouth of the the Amazon (1507 - 1508). They seek a passage towards the Asia.

the Portuguese Diego Lopez de Sequeira arrives at Malacca. It meets there of the Chinese. The sultan Mahmoud Syah initially concluded a treaty from alliance and authorizes the installation of a foreign post, then under the influence of the merchants Moors, it orders to the massacre the Portuguese. The majority escape from it, perhaps after having summers informed by the Chinese. Some are done prisoners.

Alfonso de Albuquerque (1453 - 1515) is named viceroy of the the Portuguese Indies. He converts of force the Hindou S and the Musulman S of the areas which he conquers, leaving them the choice between the cross and to rough-hew it.
Victoire of the fleet égypto-Gujératie on the Portuguese with Chaul.
Rânâ Sânga becomes sovereign Mewâr in the the Rajasthan (fine in 1528).

July 23rd: Pedro Navarro seizes the Peñón de Vélez of Gomera and Tenes. The troops Castilians undertake to conquer bases ( presidios ) in North Africa at the instigation of the Jiménez cardinal.
the sultan Mamelouk of Egypt Qânsûh Ghaurî sends its fleet on the Indian coast to try to cut the road of the Indies to the Portuguese (1508 - 1509): it is finally crushed.

February: The army of Maximilien penetrates in the territories of the République of Venice.

May: Mihnea Ier, wire of Vlad Empaleur, seizes the throne of Valachie with the assistance of Mehmed bey Mihaloglou, powerful Othoman governor of Nicopolis. Its bloody reign is completed in January 1510 on order of the sultan. Valachie will change fifteen times of voïévode into twenty years (1509 - 1529).

June 6th: Vis-a-vis the resistance of Venice, Maximilien must accept a 3 years truce.

the Ligue of Cambric is formed to be opposed to Venice (Louis XII of France, Maximilien of Austria, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Jules II, Florence). It makes it possible to the pope to recover the towns of Romagna yielded to the Venetian ones.

Raid Turkish in Slovenia: 200 000 prisoners would have summers taken along or sold in slavery.

Foundation in Spain of the university of Alcalá, where reign the humanistic spirit (cf 1498).
Four books of the courageous knight Amadis de Gaulle , tale of chivalry of Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, governor of Medina del Campo, published with Saragossa.
Annotation in Pandectes , work of legislation of Guillaume Budé.
the Humaniste Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples publishes a Bible in French; he recommends the return to the original text of the Writings.

Panel of the Worship of the Trinity of Albrecht To last (fine in 1511).
Baptism of Christ of Gerard David.
the Fortune teller , engraving of Lucas de Leyde (1508 - 1509).
Pérugin starts to paint the vault of the one of the stanze the Vatican, then it is replaced by its pupil Raphaël (1509), who becomes official painter of papacy.
the Council of the Ten of Venice request with Giorgione to paint the Judgment of Solomon in the room of the Audiences.
Michel-Angel begins the frescos of the Chapelle Sixtine (fine in 1512).

Malacca is a cosmopolitan city where cross Chinese, Siamois, Arab, Perses, Goujaratis, Bengali, Malais, Armenian, come to exchange gold and money of Luzon, mace of Bandaged, wood of Timor, fabrics of the Indies, pepper of Hefty fellow, camphor of Borneo, porcelains of China, money of Japan, ruby of Ceylon or of Pegu in Burma, spices, perfumes, pearls, diamonds…
the Portugal installs the Fetoria of Flandres , branch of the Casa of India to Antwerp.
the future Christian II of Denmark abolishes the privileges of the Hanse to Oslo. The foreigners cannot negotiate any more but with the middle-class men of the city.

November 30th: With Padoue, Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, known as Palladio, Italian architect.

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