1008

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.

Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022)

1008 in other 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	མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 1134 or 753 or −19     — to — ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 1135 or 754 or −18

Events

• 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

• May 4 – King Henry I of France, French royal (died 1060)