1008
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
---|---|
Centuries: | |
Decades: | |
Years: |
1008 by topic |
---|
Leaders |
Categories |
|
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 |
Year 1008 (MVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- 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. Olaf sails to the southern coast of Finland to plunder, which results in the Battle at Herdaler where Olaf and his men are ambushed and defeated in the woods.
- Bagrat III unifies 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).
England
- King Æthelred II (the Unready) orders to build a new fleet of warships, organised on a national scale. It is a huge undertaking but is complete the following year.[1]
Arabian Empire
- 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).
By topic
Religion
- 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, an missionary bishop, and 18 companions sets out on a mission to spread Christianity among the Prussians.[3]
Births
- May 4 – Henry I, king of France (d. 1060)
- October 12 – Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1036)
- Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya (d. 1062)
- Anselm of Liège, French chronicler and historian
- Di Qing, general of the Song Dynasty (d. 1057)
- Gothelo II (or Gozelo), duke of Lower Lorraine (d. 1046)
- Sugawara no Takasue, Japanese writer (approximate date)
- Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester (approximate date)
Deaths
- March 17 – Kazan, emperor of Japan (b. 968)
- April 7 – Ludolf (or Liudolf), archbishop of Trier
- April 10 – Notker of Liège, French bishop (b. 940)
- May 25 – Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders
- October 6 – Menendo González, Galician nobleman
- November 20 – Geoffrey I, duke of Brittany (b. 980)
- Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar, Andalusian court official
- Clothna mac Aenghusa, Irish poet (approximate date)
- Gunnlaugr Ormstunga, Icelandic poet (approximate date)
- Gurgen II (Magistros), king of Iberia-Kartli (Georgia)
- Ibn Zur'a, Abbasid physician and philosopher (b. 943)
- Madudan mac Gadhra Mór, king of Síol Anmchadha
- Poppo, Polish missionary bishop (approximate date)
- Raymond III, French nobleman (approximate date)
- Rotbold I (or Rotbaud), French nobleman
- Sarolt, Grand Princess of Hungary (b. 950)
References
- ↑ 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.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.