One of the earliest examples of the technique can be found in the 16th century chivalric romance, Amadis of Gaul ( 1508 ), written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.

Pietro Carnesecchi, ( 24 December 1508 – 1 October 1567 ), burned by the Inquisition in 1567, who had known Valdés at Rome as " a modest and well-bred courtier ," found him at Naples ( 1540 ) " wholly intent upon the study of Holy Scripture ," translating portions into Spanish from Hebrew and Greek, with comments and introductions.

From 1499 to 1508 a number of other expeditions were launched from Bristol to the ' New found land ', the earliest being undertaken by William Weston.

The FB was the first Victor to spawn a sporty VX4 / 90 derivativeA 1508 cc " Super " version was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and was found to have a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 22. 6 seconds.

* 1508: Maximilian I the last ruling " King of the Romans " and the first " elected Emperor of the Romans ".

In 1508, events so favoured the plans of Julius that he was able to conclude the League of Cambrai with Louis XII, King of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ferdinand II, King of Aragon.

* Anne de Pisseleu d ' Heilly ( 1508 – 1580 ): last official mistress of King Francis I of France

* The Tournament of the Black Lady is a short story which features the 1508 jousting tournament held by King James at Edinburgh Castle.

* The Tournament of the African Lady is a short animation that recreates the jousting tournament held by King James lV of Scotland on the 31st May 1508.

In 1508, it was elevated to the status of city by King Manuel I of Portugal, and in 1514 ( on completion of the Sé Cathedral ) the bishopric was headquartered in Funchal.

The title Romanorum Rex became functionally obsolete after 1508, when, after King Maximilian I failed in a good-faith attempt to journey to Rome, the Pope permitted him to use the title of Electus Romanorum Imperator (" elected Emperor of the Romans ").

* Beatrice of Naples ( 16 November 1457 – 23 September 1508 ), wife and widow of King Matthias Corvinus.

The British justified the seizure by claiming that John Cabot ( c. 1450 – c. 1508 ), an Italian under the sponsorship of the English King Henry VII, had been the first to discover the place, though it likely was to assert control over the profitable North Atlantic trade.

Francisco de Almeida had rushed to chase the Egyptian fleet because Afonso de Albuquerque arrived on December 6, 1508 with orders from the King of Portugal to replace him as the next viceroy.

He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480 – 1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493 – 1508.

* Sir Edward Brampton ( c. 1440 – 1508 ), a godson of King Edward IV, he was made the Governor of Guernsey

Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at Cannanore at the close of 1508 and immediately made known an hitherto secret commission he had received from the King empowering him as governor to supersede Almeida at his term as viceroy.

* Albrecht Goštautas ( 1508 – 1514 ), to King Sigismund I the Old

In 1508 he was sent by James IV to assist his uncle, King John of Denmark, against Lübeck.

The Grey family did in fact sell the Ruthin Lordship to King Henry VII in 1508 when their fortunes and favour had declined.

From 1508, after his election, the German King no longer called for the coronation by the Pope either, but considered himself Roman emperor directly.

He published another edition with Aldus Manutius's press ( 1508 ), which he dedicated to King Louis XII.

Jan Łaski ( Łask, March 1456-May 19, 1531, Kalisz, Poland ) was a Polish nobleman, Grand Chancellor of the Crown ( 1503 – 10 ), diplomat, from 1490 secretary to Poland's King Kazimierz IV and from 1508 coadjutor to the Archbishop of Lwów.

* 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

In 1508 he went to Paris on the invitation of Louis XII as professor of belles lettres, and held for a time the position of Rector of the University of Paris.

Alfonso and Lucrezia Borgia's son Ercole d ' Este II ( 1508 – 1559 ) married Renée of France, daughter of Louis XII of France.

* Louis V, Elector Palatine ( ruled 1508 – 1544 )

Under the leadership of Francis I, who had succeeded Louis to the throne, the French and Venetians would, through their victory at Marignano in 1515, regain the territory they had lost ; the treaties of Noyon and Brussels, which ended the war the next year, would essentially return the map of Italy to the status quo of 1508.

It was during the reign of Louis V, Elector Palatine ( 1508 – 1544 ) that Martin Luther came to Heidelberg to defend one of his theses ( Heidelberg Disputation ) and paid a visit to the castle.

On 10 December 1508, representatives of the Papacy, France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Ferdinand I of Spain concluded the League of Cambrai against the Republic.

In 1508, Spain launched an expedition under the command of Pedro Navarro to fight against the pirates who populated it, and who were constantly attacking and looting the coast of Southern Spain.

However the city's neutrality and its position between the possessions of the Habsburg Empire and France made it the venue of several international negotiations, including the League of Cambrai, an alliance engineered in 1508 by Pope Julius II against the Republic of Venice.

Having fought for the emperor Maximilian I against Venice in 1508, he inherited large estates on the Rhine, and increased his wealth and reputation by devious methods.

First they fortified Jeddah against a possible Portuguese attack, it then passed through Aden at the tip of the Red Sea, where they received support from the Tahirid Sultan, and then, in 1508, crossed the Indian Ocean to the port of Diu, a city of at the mouth of the Gulf of Khambhat.

He joined the army and, in 1508, defended Castelnuovo against the League of Cambray.

On 10 December 1508, representatives of the Papacy, France, the Holy Roman Empire and Ferdinand I of Spain concluded the League of Cambrai against the Republic.

In 1503 he traveled west to assist his brother Mahmud Khan ( 1487 – 1508 ), the ruler of Tashkent and western Moghulistan, against the Uzbeks under Muhammad Shaybani.

In 1508 he fought against Russia in battle of Orsza and in 1509 against Moldavia in battle of Chocim and upon Dniestr as a commander of his own chorągiew.

The font is Norman and the monuments ( moved here from the old church ) include a brass to Sir John Crocker ( 1508 ), one to Mary Coppelston ( died 1630 ) ( an arched recess with kneeling figures against the tomb-chest ), and several to members of the Bastard family.

He was one of the negotiators of the disastrous Treaty of Blois ( 1504 ), and in 1508 of the League of Cambrai against Venice.

* Nikola Šubić Zrinski ( 1508 – 1566 )-Defender of the Kingdom of Hungary against the Ottomans.