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| Centuries: | 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC - 0s - 10s 20s 30s |
| Years: | 5 6 7 - 8 - 9 10 11 |
For other uses, see 8 (disambiguation).
This article is about the year 8. For other uses, see 8 (number).
| 8 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 8 VIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 761 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1836 – -1835 |
| Berber calendar | 958 |
| Buddhist calendar | 552 |
| Burmese calendar | -630 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5516 – 5517 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年十二月初五日 (2644/2704-12-5) — to —
戊辰年十一月十五日(2645/2705-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | -276 – -275 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 0 – 1 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3768 – 3769 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 63 – 64 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3109 – 3110 |
| Holocene calendar | 10008 |
| Iranian calendar | 614 BP – 613 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 633 BH – 632 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2341 |
| Thai solar calendar | 551 |
Year 8 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- August 3 — Roman general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatians on the River Bathinus.
- Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off the engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida. An effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina.
- Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, and Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.
- Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).
Europe
- Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
Mid-East
Asia
- Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- In China, Wang Mang crushes a rebellion by Chai I, and on the winter solstice (which has been dated January 10 of the following year) officially assumes the title emperor, establishing the short-lived Xin Dynasty.[1]
Arts
- After completing Metamorphoses, Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calendar.
Births
Deaths
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (born 64 BC)
Notes
- ^ Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman, 1990, p 67
