What is 1008?
{{Year nav|1008}} {{Year in various calendars|1008}} {{Year article header|1008}} [[File:Olaf Scotking of Sweden coin c 1030.jpg|thumb|alt=Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022) |Coin of Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022)]] == Events == * [[Olof of Sweden|Olof]], king of [[Sweden]], is [[baptism|baptized]] by saint [[Sigfrid of Sweden|Sigfrid]]. * [[Bruno of Querfurt]] and others try to establish a mission among the [[Prussians]]. * Oldest known mention of the city of [[Gundelfingen]]. * [[Mohammed II of Umayyad|Mohammed II]] succeeds [[Hisham II]] as [[Caliph of Cordoba]]. * Unification of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] under king [[Bagrat III]]. * King [[Æthelred the Unready|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.<ref>Stenton, F.M. (1971). ''Anglo-Saxon England'', pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. {{ISBN|019-280-1392}}.</ref> == Births == * [[May 4]] &ndash; King [[Henry I of France]], French royal (died [[1060]]) == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1008| ]]