1008

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	980s 990s 1000s 1010s 1020s
Years:	1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011

1008 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1008 MVIII
Ab urbe condita	1761
Armenian calendar	457 ԹՎ ՆԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	5758
Balinese saka calendar	929–930
Bengali calendar	415
Berber calendar	1958
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1552
Burmese calendar	370
Byzantine calendar	6516–6517
Chinese calendar	Đinh MùiNăm (FireGoat) 3705 or 3498 — to — Mậu Thân năm (EarthMonkey) 3706 or 3499
Coptic calendar	724–725
Discordian calendar	2174
Ethiopian calendar	1000–1001
Hebrew calendar	4768–4769
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1064–1065
-Shaka Samvat	929–930
-Kali Yuga	4108–4109
Holocene calendar	11008
Igbo calendar	8–9
Iranian calendar	386–387
Islamic calendar	398–399
Japanese calendar	Kankō5 ( khoan hoằng ５ năm )
Javanese calendar	910–911
Julian calendar	1008 MVIII
Korean calendar	3341
Minguo calendar	904 beforeROC Dân trước 904 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−460
Seleucid era	1319/1320AG
Thai solar calendar	1550–1551
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa dương năm (female Fire-Goat) 1134 or 753 or −19 — to — Dương thổ năm con khỉ (male Earth-Monkey) 1135 or 754 or −18

Coin ofOlof Skötkonung(c. 980–1022)

Year1008(MVIII) was aleap year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• Olaf Haraldsson,future king ofNorway,makes raids in theBaltic Sea.He lands on theEstonianisland ofSaaremaa,wins a battle there, and forces the inhabitants to paytribute.
• Battle at Herdaler:Olaf Haraldsson sails to the southern coast ofFinlandto plunder, where he and his men areambushedand defeated in the woods.
• The oldest known mention is made of the city ofGundelfingen(SouthernGermany).
• Unification of the Georgian realm.

England

• KingÆthelred the Unreadyorders a new fleet of warships built, organised on a national scale. It is a huge undertaking, but is completed the following year.

Arabian Empire

• CaliphAl-Hakim bi-Amr Allahsends atributarymission toEmperor Zhenzongof theSong dynastyin order to reestablishtraderelations between theFatimid CaliphateandChina(approximate date).

Japan

• November 13– Kamo Special Festival: The poetMurasaki Shikibuis given her name from a famous court poet, Fujiwara no Kinto; this year she probably starts to writeThe Diary of Lady Murasaki.
• 42nd Birthday ofFujiwara no Michinaga,father-in-law of the emperor, is celebrated.

By topic

Religion

• Autumn –Bruno of Querfurt,amissionarybishop, and 18 companions sets out on a mission to spreadChristianityamong thePrussians.
• Olof Skötkonung,king ofSweden,isbaptizedinHusaby(Västergötland) by missionarySigfrid,and makes generous donations on the spot.

Births

• May 4–Henry I,king ofFrance(d.1060)
• October 12– Atsuhira, futureEmperor Go-IchijōofJapan(d.1036)
• Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis,Zirid ruler ofIfriqiya(d.1062)
• Anselm of Liège,French chronicler and historian
• Di Qing,general of theSong Dynasty(d.1057)
• Gothelo II(or Gozelo), duke ofLower Lorraine(d.1046)
• Sugawara no Takasue,Japanese writer (approximate date)
• Wulfstan,bishop ofWorcester(approximate date)

Deaths

• March 17–Kazan,emperor of Japan (b.968)
• April 7–Ludolf(or Liudolf), archbishop ofTrier
• April 10–Notker of Liège,French bishop (b.940)
• May 25
  • Bishi, Japanese imperial princess
  • Matilda of Saxony,countess ofFlanders
• October 6–Menendo González,Galiciannobleman
• November 20–Geoffrey I,duke ofBrittany(b.980)
• Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar,Andalusian court official
• Clothna mac Aenghusa,Irishpoet(approximate date)
• Gunnlaugr Ormstunga,Icelandicpoet(approximate date)
• Gurgen II(Magistros), king ofIberia-Kartli(Georgia)
• Ibn Zur'a,Abbasidphysicianand philosopher (b.943)
• Madudan mac Gadhra Mór,king ofSíol Anmchadha
• Poppo,Polishmissionarybishop (approximate date)
• Raymond III,French nobleman (approximate date)
• Rotbold I(or Rotbaud), French nobleman
• Sarolt,Grand Princess ofHungary(b.950)