8
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
Years: | AD 5 AD 6 AD 7 – AD 8 – AD 9 AD 10 AD 11 |
Gregorian calendar | AD 8 VIII |
Ab urbe condita | 761 |
Assyrian calendar | 4758 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −585 |
Berber calendar | 958 |
Buddhist calendar | 552 |
Burmese calendar | −630 |
Byzantine calendar | 5516–5517 |
Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2704 or 2644 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2705 or 2645 |
Coptic calendar | −276 – −275 |
Discordian calendar | 1174 |
Ethiopian calendar | 0–1 |
Hebrew calendar | 3768–3769 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 64–65 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3108–3109 |
Holocene calendar | 10008 |
Iranian calendar | 614 BP – 613 BP |
Islamic calendar | 633 BH – 632 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | AD 8 VIII |
Korean calendar | 2341 |
Minguo calendar | 1904 before ROC 民前1904年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1460 |
Seleucid era | 319/320 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 550–551 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 134 or −247 or −1019 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 135 or −246 or −1018 |
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8 (VIII) is a leap year of the Julian calendar which started on a Sunday.[1] According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Tuesday.[2] It was the 8th year of the 1st century.
Events[change | change source]
Roman Empire[change | change source]
- August 3 – Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
- Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida.
- Effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina
- Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.
- Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).
- Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year.
Europe[change | change source]
- Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
Mid-East[change | change source]
Asia[change | change source]
- Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
- China invents paper, which is first used by the military.
Births[change | change source]
- Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. 69)
Deaths[change | change source]
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC).
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "CalendarHome.com - 8". calendarhome.com. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ↑ "year 8 - Wolfram|Alpha". wolframalpha.com. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.