1008

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Events

By Place

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.
* Mohammed II succeeds Hisham II as Caliph of Cordoba.

Asia

* 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)
* 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 writer