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[[File:Olaf Scotking of Sweden coin c 1030.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coin of [[Olof Skötkonung]] (c. 980–1022)]]
Year '''1008''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]], future king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]], makes raids in the [[Baltic Sea]]. He lands on the [[Estonia]]n 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 [[ambush]]ed and defeated in the woods.
* The oldest known mention is made of the city of [[Gundelfingen]] (Southern [[Germany]]).
* [[Unification of the Georgian realm]].

==== England ====
* King [[Æthelred 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.<ref>Stenton, F. M. (1971). ''Anglo-Saxon England'', pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. {{ISBN|019-280-1392}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]] sends a [[Tribute|tributary]] mission to [[Emperor Zhenzong]] of the [[Song dynasty]] in order to reestablish [[trade]] relations between the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] and [[China]] (approximate date).

==== Japan ====
* [[November 13]] &ndash; Kamo Special Festival: The poet [[Murasaki Shikibu]] is given her name from a famous court poet, Fujiwara no Kinto; this year she probably starts to write ''[[The Diary of Lady Murasaki]]''.
* 42nd Birthday of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], father-in-law of the emperor, is celebrated.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Autumn &ndash; [[Bruno of Querfurt]], a [[missionary]] bishop, and 18 companions sets out on a mission to spread [[Christianity]] among the [[Old Prussians|Prussians]].<ref>According to the "Annals of Magdeburg" (c. 1170) and some other sources.</ref>
*[[January 23]] &ndash; This new calendar is a mixture of [[Islamic Calendar]],[[Gregorian Calendar]], [[Chinese Calendar]] to become the Arya Khafid Al Hasyimi Solar Calendar Era Year for Muslims, and Christians.
* [[Olof Skötkonung]], king of [[Sweden]], is [[Baptism|baptized]] in [[Husaby]] ([[Västergötland]]) by missionary [[Sigfrid of Sweden|Sigfrid]], and makes generous donations on the spot.<ref>Quoted in Mats G. Larsson, ''Götarnas riken: Upptäcktsfärder till Sveriges enande''. Stockholm: Atlantis, 2002, p. 185.</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Henry I of France|Henry I]], king of [[Kingdom of France|France]] (d. [[1060]])
* [[October 12]] &ndash; Atsuhira, future [[Emperor Go-Ichijō]] 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|Song Dynasty]] (d. [[1057]])
* [[Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine|Gothelo II]] (or Gozelo), duke of [[Lower Lorraine]] (d. [[1046]])
* [[Takasue's daughter|Sugawara no Takasue]], Japanese writer (approximate date)
* [[Wulfstan (died 1095)|Wulfstan]], bishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|Worcester]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kazan|Kazan]], emperor of Japan (b. [[968]])
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Ludolf of Trier|Ludolf]] (or Liudolf), archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]]
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Notker of Liège]], French bishop (b. [[940]])
* [[May 25]]
** Bishi, Japanese imperial princess 
** [[Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders|Matilda of Saxony]], countess of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]]
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Menendo González]], Galician [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany|Geoffrey I]], duke of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]] (b. [[980]])
* [[Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar]], Andalusian court official
* [[Clothna mac Aenghusa]], Irish [[Irish poetry|poet]] (approximate date)
* [[Gunnlaugr Ormstunga]], Icelandic [[Skald|poet]] (approximate date)
* [[Gurgen of Iberia|Gurgen II]] (Magistros), king of [[Kingdom of the Iberians|Iberia-Kartli]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
* [[Ibn Zur'a]], Abbasid [[Physics in the medieval Islamic world|physician]] and philosopher (b. [[943]])
* [[Madudan mac Gadhra Mór]], king of [[Síol Anmchadha]]
* [[Poppo (bishop of Kraków)|Poppo]], Polish [[missionary]] bishop (approximate date)
* [[Raymond III of Rouergue|Raymond III]], French nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Rotbold I, Count of Provence|Rotbold I]] (or Rotbaud), French nobleman 
* [[Sarolt]], Grand Princess of [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Hungary]] (b. [[950]])

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