1008

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.Stenton, F.M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. .
 Births 
 May 4 – King Henry I of France, French royal (died 1060)

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