    __notoc__ year 1008 (mviii) was a leap year starting on thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== europe ==== * oldest known mention of the city of gundelfingen. * olav haraldsson, the future king of norway, lands on saaremaa island in estonia, wins a battle there and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute. * georgia is unified under king bagrat iii. * mohammed ii succeeds hisham ii as caliph of cordoba. ==== asia ==== * the egyptian fatimid empire under al-hakim bi-amr allah sends the sea captain domiyat on a tributary mission to emperor zhenzong of the song dynasty, in order to reestablish trade relations between egypt and china. * battle of peshawar: the turkic ghaznavid armies defeat a hindu confederacy. === by topic === ==== religion ==== * olof, king of sweden, is baptized by saint sigfrid. * bruno of querfurt and others try to establish a mission among the prussians. == births == * may 4 &ndash; king henry i of france (d. 1060) * october 12 &ndash; emperor go-ichijÅ of japan (d. 1036) * sugawara no takasue no musume, japanese writer * wulfstan, bishop of worcester (d. 1095) == deaths == * emperor kazan of japan (b. 968) * gunnlaugur ormstunga, icelandic poet (b. c. 983) * al-hamadhani, persian writer == references ==  
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