8

8 (VIII) is a leap year of the Julian calendar which started on a Sunday.[1] According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Tuesday.[2] It was the 8th year of the 1st century.

This page is about the year 8 AD. For the actual number, see eight.
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades: 20s BC  10s BC  0s BC  – 0s –  10s  20s  30s
Years: AD 5 AD 6 AD 7 – AD 8 – AD 9 AD 10 AD 11
AD 8 in other calendars
Gregorian calendarAD 8
VIII
Ab urbe condita761
Assyrian calendar4758
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−585
Berber calendar958
Buddhist calendar552
Burmese calendar−630
Byzantine calendar5516–5517
Chinese calendar丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
2704 or 2644
    — to —
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
2705 or 2645
Coptic calendar−276 – −275
Discordian calendar1174
Ethiopian calendar0–1
Hebrew calendar3768–3769
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat64–65
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3108–3109
Holocene calendar10008
Iranian calendar614 BP – 613 BP
Islamic calendar633 BH – 632 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarAD 8
VIII
Korean calendar2341
Minguo calendar1904 before ROC
民前1904年
Nanakshahi calendar−1460
Seleucid era319/320 AG
Thai solar calendar550–551
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
134 or −247 or −1019
    — to —
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
135 or −246 or −1018

Events

Roman Empire
  • August 3 – Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
  • Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida.
  • Effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina
  • Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.
  • Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).
  • Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year.

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.
  • Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
  • China invents paper, which is first used by the military.

Births

Deaths
  • Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC).

References
  1. "CalendarHome.com - 8". calendarhome.com. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  2. "year 8 - Wolfram|Alpha". wolframalpha.com. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
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