8
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This article is about the year 8. For the number see 8 (number). For other uses, see 8 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
| Years: | 5 AD 6 AD 7 AD – 8 AD – 9 AD 10 AD 11 AD |
| 8 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 8 VIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 761 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4758 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1836–-1835 |
| Bengali calendar | -585 |
| Berber calendar | 958 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| 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 | 64–65 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3109–3110 |
| Holocene calendar | 10008 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | -992–-991 |
| Iranian calendar | 614 BP – 613 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 633 BH – 632 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) |
| Julian calendar | 8 VIII |
| Korean calendar | 2341 |
| Minguo calendar | 1904 before ROC 民前1904年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 551 |
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Year 8 (VIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, year 761 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 8 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Roman Empire[edit]
- August 3 – Roman general Tiberius defeats the Illyrians in Dalmatia on the River Bathinus, but the Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
- 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[edit]
- Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
Middle East[edit]
Asia[edit]
- 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]
By topic[edit]
Arts[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. AD 69)
Deaths[edit]
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC)
References[edit]
- ^ Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman, 1990, p 67
