8 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC – 0s BC – 0s 10s 20s |
| Years: | 11 BC 10 BC 9 BC – 8 BC – 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC |
| 8 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 8 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 746 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1851 – -1850 |
| Bengali calendar | -600 |
| Berber calendar | 943 |
| Buddhist calendar | 537 |
| Burmese calendar | -645 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5501 – 5502 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (2629/2689) — to —
癸丑年(2630/2690) |
| Coptic calendar | -291 – -290 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -15 – -14 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3753 – 3754 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 48 – 49 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3094 – 3095 |
| Holocene calendar | 9993 |
| Iranian calendar | 629 BP – 628 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 648 BH – 647 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2326 |
| Thai solar calendar | 536 |
Year 8 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- Empress Wang (d. 23)
[edit] Deaths
- November 27—Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
- Maecenas, Roman politician and patron of the arts (b. 70 BC)
- Empress Xu
