8 Facts for Kids

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:	5 AD 6 AD 7 AD – 8 AD – 9 AD 10 AD 11 AD

AD 8 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 8 VIII
Ab urbe condita	761
Assyrian calendar	4758
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−585
Berber calendar	958
Buddhist calendar	552
Burmese calendar	−630
Byzantine calendar	5516–5517
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2704 or 2644 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2705 or 2645
Coptic calendar	−276 – −275
Discordian calendar	1174
Ethiopian calendar	0–1
Hebrew calendar	3768–3769
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	64–65
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3108–3109
Holocene calendar	10008
Iranian calendar	614 BP – 613 BP
Islamic calendar	633 BH – 632 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 8 VIII
Korean calendar	2341
Minguo calendar	1904 before ROC 民前1904年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1460
Seleucid era	319/320 AG
Thai solar calendar	550–551
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

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

Events

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.

Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.