Events from the year 1508 in India.

Events

* The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East spills over into the Indian Ocean as

Battle of Chaul The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cannanore in which a Portuguese garrison succes ...

during the Portuguese-Mamluk War

Births

* 7 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died

1556 __NOTOC__ Year 1556 ( MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 16 – Charles V, having already abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor, r ...

)

Deaths

* March,

Lourenço de Almeida Lourenço de Almeida (c.1480 - March 1508) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander. He was born in Martim, Kingdom of Portugal, the son of Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of Portuguese India. Acting under his father, Lourenço dist ...

Portuguese explorer and military commander dies in the

(born c 1480) *

Mayimama Marakkar Mayimama Marakkar was an Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut. In 1504, he went on an embassy to the Mamluk ruler in order to obtain an intervention against the Portuguese who were preying on India." Mayimama Marakkar, whom the Zamorin ...

, Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut dies at the Battle of Chaul

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