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Events in the year 1508 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
- March - Battle of Chaul
- Afonso de Albuquerque began his term as Governor of Portuguese India.
- Duarte de Menezes began his term as Governor of Tangier.
Deaths
- March - Lourenço de Almeida, explorer and military commander (born c.1480)
- 18 September - Jorge da Costa, Cardinal (born 1406)
- Isaac Abrabanel, statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator and financier (born 1437)
See also
References
- Saraiva, José Hermano (1993). História Concisa de Portugal (in Portuguese). Publicações Europa-América. p. 153.
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