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December 10 – League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of Ethiopia. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
In 1508 the Spanish explorer Ponce de León led an expedition from Santo Domingo to colonize the adjacent island of San Juan Bautista (Puerto Rico). Defeating indigenous resistance, the Spanish secured control over the island during the 1510s. Spain’s longest-lasting New World colony, Puerto Rico would remain under Spanish rule until the US occupied it in 1898.
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1508 AD Michelangelo Begins Painting The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo spent four years painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He worked unassisted. 1509 AD Battle of Diu - The Portuguese established their predominance over the spice trade by defeating a Muslim fleet at the battle of Diu,. The battle took place on February 2 ...
In 1508 Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint a fresco on the chapel ceiling. The final product was a grand drama of more than 300 figures in the most visually and theologically complex of all Renaissance fresco cycles. The center of the ceiling illustrates nine episodes from Genesis, alternating between large and small, that chronicle the Creation and Fall of humankind ...
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Medieval Popes. Gregory I. Gregory XIII. Julius II. Julius III. Leo X. Pius V. Historical events from year 1508. Learn about 5 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1508 or search by date or keyword.
The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic ...
