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 | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 8 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 746 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4743 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1851 – -1850 |
| Bengali calendar | -600 |
| Berber calendar | 943 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 537 |
| Burmese calendar | -645 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5501–5502 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2689 or 2629 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2690 or 2630 |
| Coptic calendar | -291 – -290 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -15 – -14 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3753–3754 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 49–50 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3094–3095 |
| Holocene calendar | 9993 |
| Igbo calendar | -1007 – -1006 |
| Iranian calendar | 629 BP – 628 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 648 BH – 647 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 8 BC |
| Korean calendar | 2326 |
| Minguo calendar | 1919 before ROC 民前1919年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 536 |
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Year 8 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 746 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 8 BC 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]
- King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni and fights against the Roman expansion in Bohemia.
- Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken hostage to Rome where he receives a military education.
Births[edit]
- Empress Wang (d. AD 23)
Deaths[edit]
- November 27 – Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
- Maecenas, Roman politician and patron of the arts (b. 70 BC)
- Empress Xu
