8 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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8 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 8 BC
VIII BC
Ab urbe condita 746
Ancient Greek era 193rd Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar 4743
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −600
Berber calendar 943
Buddhist calendar 537
Burmese calendar −645
Byzantine calendar 5501–5502
Chinese calendar 壬子年 (Water  Rat)
2690 or 2483
     to 
癸丑年 (Water  Ox)
2691 or 2484
Coptic calendar −291 – −290
Discordian calendar 1159
Ethiopian calendar −15 – −14
Hebrew calendar 3753–3754
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 49–50
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3093–3094
Holocene calendar 9993
Iranian calendar 629 BP – 628 BP
Islamic calendar 648 BH – 647 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar 8 BC
VIII BC
Korean calendar 2326
Minguo calendar 1919 before ROC
民前1919年
Nanakshahi calendar −1475
Seleucid era 304/305 AG
Thai solar calendar 535–536
Tibetan calendar 阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
119 or −262 or −1034
     to 
阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
120 or −261 or −1033

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 Gaius Asinius (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.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1 BC</span> Calendar year

Year 1 BC was a common year starting on Friday or Saturday in the Julian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Julian calendar. It was also a leap year starting on Saturday in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Piso. The denomination 1 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. The following year is AD 1 in the widely used Julian calendar, which does not have a "year zero".

Year 7 BC was a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman world, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius and Piso. The denomination 7 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.

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Year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar 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 Octavian and Crassus. The denomination 30 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.

Year 28 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the First Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa. The denomination 28 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">16 BC</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">17 BC</span> Calendar year

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