1008
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 1005 1006 1007 – 1008 – 1009 1010 1011 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1008 MVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1761 |
| Armenian calendar | 457 ԹՎ ՆԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5758 |
| 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 | 930–931 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4109–4110 |
| Holocene calendar | 11008 |
| Igbo calendar | 8–9 |
| Iranian calendar | 386–387 |
| Islamic calendar | 398–399 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 5 (寛弘５年) |
| Julian calendar | 1008 MVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3341 |
| Minguo calendar | 904 before ROC 民前904年 |
| Seleucid era | 1319/1320 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1550–1551 |
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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
Europe
- Oldest known mention 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.
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.
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
- Emperor Kazan of Japan (b. 968)
- Gunnlaugur Ormstunga, Icelandic poet (b. c. 983)
- Rotbold II, Count of Provence
