1008
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 1005 1006 1007 – 1008 – 1009 1010 1011 |
| 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 | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3704 or 3644 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3705 or 3645 |
| 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 | Kankō 5 (寛弘５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 910–911 |
| Julian calendar | 1008 MVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3341 |
| Minguo calendar | 904 before ROC 民前904年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −460 |
| Seleucid era | 1319/1320 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1550–1551 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1134 or 753 or −19 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1135 or 754 or −18 |
1008 (MVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1008, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized by saint Sigfrid.
- Bruno of Querfurt and others try to establish a mission among the Prussians.
- Oldest known mention of the city of Gundelfingen.
- Mohammed II succeeds Hisham II as Caliph of Cordoba.
- Unification of Georgia under king Bagrat III.
- King Æthelred II (the Unready) orders a new fleet of warships built, organized on a national scale. It is a huge undertaking, but is completed the following year.[1]
Births
[change | change source]- May 4 – King Henry I of France, French royal (died 1060)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Stenton, F.M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 019-280-1392.