1008

1008 in various calendars
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

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

Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022)

Year 1008 (MVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Olaf Haraldsson, future king of Norway, makes raids in the Baltic Sea. He lands on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, wins a battle there, and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute.
Battle at Herdaler: Olaf Haraldsson sails to the southern coast of Finland to plunder, where he and his men are ambushed and defeated in the woods.
Bagrat III adds more lands to his realm, and becomes the first ruler of the Kingdom of Georgia (until 1014).
The oldest known mention is made of the city of Gundelfingen (Southern Germany).

King Æthelred II (the Unready) orders a new fleet of warships built, organised on a national scale. It is a huge undertaking, but is completed the following year.^[1]

Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sends a tributary mission to Emperor Zhen Zong of the Song Dynasty, in order to reestablish trade relations between the Fatimid Caliphate and China (approximate date).

Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden, is baptized in Husaby (Västergötland) by missionary Sigfrid, and makes generous donations on the spot.^[2]
Autumn – Bruno of Querfurt, a missionary bishop, and 18 companions sets out on a mission to spread Christianity among the Prussians.^[3]

^ Stenton, F.M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 019-280-1392.
^ Quoted in Mats G. Larsson, Götarnas riken: Upptäcktsfärder till Sveriges enande. Stockholm: Atlantis, 2002, p. 185.
^ According to the "Annals of Magdeburg" (c. 1170) and some other sources.

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

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