1508 (MDVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1508th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 508th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1508, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1470s  1480s  1490s  – 1500s –  1510s  1520s  1530s
Years: 1505 1506 150715081509 1510 1511
1508 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1508
MDVIII
Ab urbe condita2261
Armenian calendar957
ԹՎ ՋԾԷ
Assyrian calendar6258
Balinese saka calendar1429–1430
Bengali calendar915
Berber calendar2458
English Regnal year23 Hen. 7 – 24 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2052
Burmese calendar870
Byzantine calendar7016–7017
Chinese calendar丁卯(Fire Rabbit)
4204 or 4144
    — to —
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
4205 or 4145
Coptic calendar1224–1225
Discordian calendar2674
Ethiopian calendar1500–1501
Hebrew calendar5268–5269
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1564–1565
 - Shaka Samvat1429–1430
 - Kali Yuga4608–4609
Holocene calendar11508
Igbo calendar508–509
Iranian calendar886–887
Islamic calendar913–914
Japanese calendarEishō 5
(永正5年)
Javanese calendar1425–1426
Julian calendar1508
MDVIII
Korean calendar3841
Minguo calendar404 before ROC
民前404年
Nanakshahi calendar40
Thai solar calendar2050–2051
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1634 or 1253 or 481
    — to —
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1635 or 1254 or 482

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