1008
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1008 by topic | |
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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 |
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Year 1008 (MVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Egyptian Fatimid Empire, under Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sends the sea captain Domiyat on a tributary mission, to Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty, in order to reestablish trade relations between Egypt and China.
- Battle of Peshawar: The Turkic Ghaznavid armies defeat a Hindu confederacy.
Europe
- The oldest known mention is made of the city of Gundelfingen.
- Olav Haraldsson, the future king of Norway, lands on Saaremaa Island in Estonia, wins a battle there, and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute.
- Georgia is unified under King Bagrat III.
- Mohammed II succeeds Hisham II as Caliph of Cordoba.
By topic
Religion
- Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized by Saint Sigfrid.
- Bruno of Querfurt and others try to establish a mission among the Prussians.
Births
- May 4 – King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
- October 12 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)
- Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine
- Takasue's Daughter, Japanese writer
- Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1095)
Deaths
- November 20 – Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, (b. 980)
- Emperor Kazan of Japan (b. 968)
- Gunnlaugur Ormstunga, Icelandic poet (b. c. 983)
- Rotbold II, Count of Provence
References
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