History
1008
General
Population: 258 Million*
- Entertainment: Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu begins to write Tale of Genji
Berno Abbot of Teichenau writes books on musical theory
- Deaths: Muzaffar the caliph of Cordoba
Asia
- Mahmud of Ghanzi defeats Hindus at Peshawar
Europe
- Wales: Famine with plague in Wales