1008

Events

By Place

America

• In Grand Isle, Vermont, Frank's House suffered no running water, no electricity and the Black Plague ran rampant. Due to lack of soap, bathing was optional throughout adulthood.

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.

Asia

• Mohammed II succeeds Hisham II as Caliph of Cordoba.
• 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 — King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
• October 12 — Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)
• Date unknown
• 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 writeraf:1008

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