1008 e.v.

Legion, a shedu servitor of Saminga, learns how to possess multiple hosts. Lucifer is pleased and names him the second prince of Corruption. Legion soon goes mad, and he begins possessing humans by the dozens, then by the hundreds. Heaven and Hell join forces for the first time in order to destroy him. Raphael, archangel of Knowledge, finally sacrifices herself in order to ensure Legion's destruction. During this battle, the young demon Haagenti distinguishes himself. Kobal takes a shining to him and adopts the creature as his "brother."

## Africa

Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, is born (will die in 1062)

## Asia

Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sends a tributary mission to Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty in order to reestablish trade relations between the Fatimid Caliphate and China.

42nd Birthday of Fujiwara no Michinaga, father-in-law of the emperor of Japan, is celebrated. Sugawara no Takasue, Japanese writer.

Di Qing, general of the Song Dynasty, is born (will die in 1057)

Ibn Zur'a, Abbasid physician and philosopher, dies (was born in 943)

### March 17

Kazan, emperor of Japan, dies (was born in 968)

### October 12

Atsuhira, future Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan, is born (will die in 1036)

### November 13

**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*.

## Europe

Olaf Haraldsson, future king of Norway, makes raids in the Baltic Sea. He lands on the Estonian 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 ambushed and defeated in the woods.

Bagrat III adds more lands to his realm and becomes the first ruler of the Kingdom of Georgia (until 1014). Abkhazia and Iberia are unified into the Kingdom of Georgia. Gurgen II (Magistros), king of Iberia-Kartli (Georgia), dies. Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar, Andalusian court official, dies.

The oldest known mention is made of the city of Gundelfingen (southern Germany).

King Æthelred 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. Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, is born.

Anselm of Liège, French chronicler and historian, is born. Gothelo II (or Gozelo), duke of Lower Lorraine, is born (will die in 1046). Raymond III, French nobleman, dies. Rotbold I (or Rotbaud), French nobleman, dies.

Clothna mac Aenghusa, Irish poet, dies. Madudan mac Gadhra Mór, king of Síol Anmchadha, dies.

Gunnlaugr Ormstunga, Icelandic poet, dies.

Poppo, Polish missionary bishop, dies.

Sarolt, Grand Princess of Hungary, dies (was born in 950)

### April

#### 7th

Ludolf (or Liudolf), archbishop of Trier, dies.

#### 10th

Notker of Liège, French bishop, dies (was born in 940)

### May

#### 4th

Henry I, king of France, is born (will die in 1060)

#### 25th

Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders, dies.

### Autumn

Bruno of Querfurt, a missionary bishop, and 18 companions sets out on a mission to spread Christianity among the Prussians.

Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden, is baptized in Husaby (Västergötland) by missionary Sigfrid and makes generous donations on the spot.

### October 6

Menendo González, Galician nobleman, dies.

### November 20

Geoffrey I, duke of Brittany, dies (was born in 980)