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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 970s  980s  990s  – 1000s –  1010s  1020s  1030s
Years: 1005 1006 100710081009 1010 1011
1008 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1008
MVIII
Ab urbe condita1761
Armenian calendar457
ԹՎ ՆԾԷ
Assyrian calendar5758
Balinese saka calendar929–930
Bengali calendar415
Berber calendar1958
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1552
Burmese calendar370
Byzantine calendar6516–6517
Chinese calendar丁未(Fire Goat)
3704 or 3644
    — to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
3705 or 3645
Coptic calendar724–725
Discordian calendar2174
Ethiopian calendar1000–1001
Hebrew calendar4768–4769
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1064–1065
 - Shaka Samvat929–930
 - Kali Yuga4108–4109
Holocene calendar11008
Igbo calendar8–9
Iranian calendar386–387
Islamic calendar398–399
Japanese calendarKankō 5
(寛弘5年)
Javanese calendar910–911
Julian calendar1008
MVIII
Korean calendar3341
Minguo calendar904 before ROC
民前904年
Nanakshahi calendar−460
Seleucid era1319/1320 AG
Thai solar calendar1550–1551
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
Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022)
Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022)

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References

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  1. Stenton, F.M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 019-280-1392.