Her nickname, Murasaki, was most probably given at a court dinner in an incident she recorded in her diary: in c. 1008 the well-known court poet Fujiwara no Kintō inquired after the " Young Murasaki "— an allusion to the character named Murasaki in Genji — which would have been considered a compliment from a male court poet to a female author.

Wulfstan ( c. 1008 – 20 January 1095 ) ( sometimes Wulfstan II, also known as Wolstan, Wulstan and Ulfstan ), Bishop of Worcester, was the last surviving pre-Conquest bishop and the only English-born bishop after 1075.

The nondenominational home was established in the former Hunter house at 1008 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and opened on November 1, 1925, after a national drive by the Federation of Churches to raise $ 100, 000 to operate it.

Joel was referenced again in episode 1008 ( Final Justice ), when Mike believed he could escape after " suffering though a horrible Joe Don Baker movie " like Joel had previously ( the Bots revealed that Mike's escape pod was actually the ship's water heater ).

* John the Deacon ( Venetian chronicler ), d. after 1008

* 1008: the Fatimid Egyptian sea captain Domiyat travels to the Buddhist pilgrimage site in Shandong, China, to seek out the Chinese Emperor Zhenzong of Song with gifts from his ruling Imam Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, successfully reopening diplomatic relations between Egypt and China that had been lost since the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.

Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large numbers of the Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, although the king promised to respect the freedom of religion-Sweden was not to be Christian until the last religious war between Inge the Elder and Blot-Sweyn of 1084-1088.

Al-Hamadhani ( d. 1008 ) of Hamadhan ( Iran ) is credited with inventing the literary genre of maqamat in which a wandering vagabond makes his living on the gifts his listeners give him following his extemporaneous displays of rhetoric, erudition, or verse, often done with a trickster's touch.

The Col de Saales, between the Higher and Central Vosges, reaches nearly 579 m ( 1, 900 ft ), both lower and narrower than the Higher Vosges, with Mont Donon ( 1008 m, 3307 ft .) being the highest point of this Nordic section.

Apart from al-Mubtadaʾ wa al-Baʿth wa al-Maghāzī, he is credited with Kitāb al-kh ̲ ulafāʾ, which al-Umawwī related to him ( Fihrist, 92 ; Udabāʾ, VI, 401 ) and a book of Sunan ( Ḥād ̲ j ̲ d ̲ j ̲ ī Ḵh ̲ alīfa, II, 1008 ).

Jerdon's most important publication was The Birds of India ( 1862 – 64 ), which included over 1008 species in two volumes with the second volume in two parts.

In his career, Cecil Fielder batted. 255, with 319 HRs, 1008 RBI, and a. 482 slugging average, drawing 693 walks for a. 345 on base percentage with 2 career stolen bases.

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts.

* Language Studio ( 1008 AM in Beijing )-a one hour program that teaches English for someone who only knows Mandarin ( not to be confused with Chinese Studio ).

The second ' block ', written around 1002 – 1008, is concerned with the tenets of the Christian faith.

Most likely written between 1008 and 1010, the largest portion of the diary consists of descriptive passages of the birth of Empress Shōshi's ( Akiko ) children, with smaller vignettes describing the author's life at the Imperial court and relations with other ladies-in-waiting and court writers such as Izumi Shikibu, Akazome Emon and Sei Shōnagon.

After Al-Mansur's death in 1002 his son Abd al-Malik ( 1002 – 1008 ) came to power and secured his position in the Caliphate with successful campaigns against Navarre and Barcelona before being murdered by Abd ur-Rahman Sangul ( 1008 – 1009 ).

It is used for broadcasting on 747 kHz and 1008 kHz with a power of 400 kilowatts.

In 1008 there was a pretended revelation from God in the form of a letter, which the Emperor and his Court regarded with profound awe.

Bagrat and Gurgen, this latter now reigning as King of Kings of the Georgians in parts of the southwestern Kartlian lands ( 994 – 1008 ), met with Basil but, unable to prevent the annexation of David ’ s realm, were forced to recognize the new borders.

Muhammad Qasim Firishta has written that in year AH 1008, Mir Mohammed Swaleh Hamadani came to Bijapur. He had with him some blessed hair of the Prophet Muhammad (" Mooy-e-Mubarrak ").

She was born in 1008 and in her childhood traveled to the provinces with her father, an assistant governor, and back to the capital some years later.

In a 16-season career, Gant batted. 256 with 321 home runs and 1008 RBIs.

Rule 1008 gives judges the power to determine whether evidence satisfies these rules and should be submitted to the jury, with the exception that evidence should always be submitted for jury review when an issue is raised whether: ( a ) the original ever existed, ( b ) the evidence offered is in fact the original, or ( c ) whether secondary evidence correctly reflects the contents of the original.

* Vax Records CD 1008 " As time goes by " Alice Babs with Bengt Hallbergs trio and Arne Domnérus Big Band with Svend Asmussen.

Emperor Henry II donated Meiningen in 1008 to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg, and it remained for 534 years part of Würzburg.

iv from Suite 2 in D minor BWV 1008, a piece which he said he liked to offer to those who were sad.

However, the death of Geoffrey I in 1008 allowed for Richard II to intervene directly in Brittany during the minority of his nephew, Alan III, against rebellious counts who would take advantage of a youthful duke.

He was succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar, who continued to rule Al-Andalus as Hajib until his death in 1008.

Burislav, Burisleif, Burysław ( died 1008 ) is the name of a mythical Wendish king from Scandinavian sagas who is said to rule over Wendland.

The Hammadids were a Berber dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria for about a century and a half ( 1008 – 1152 ), until they were destroyed by the Almohads.

In a famous 1979 prank by the Pail and Shovel Party, who would go on to control the Wisconsin Student Association at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, the slope of Bascom Hill was covered with 1008 plastic flamingos the morning of the first day of classes.

They were later joined ( 1008 ) by a new bishopric erected on former ducal territory, Bamberg.

It is inscribed on the door posts of the main Hukuru Miskiy ( Friday mosque ) of the island and dates back to 1008 AH ( AD 1599 ) and 1020 AH ( AD 1611 ) when the roof of the building were built and the renewed during the reigns of Ibrahim Kalaafaan ( Sultan Ibrahim III ) and Hussain Faamuladeyri Kilege ( Sultan Hussain II ) respectively.

At the time of Bernhard Karlgren's seminal work on Middle Chinese in the early 20th century, only fragments of the Qieyun were known, and scholars relied on the Guangyun ( 1008 ), a much expanded edition from the Song Dynasty.

Of great impact were also the works by al-Maridini of Baghdad and Cairo, and Ibn al-Wafid ( 1008 – 1074 ), both of which were printed in Latin more than fifty times, appearing as De Medicinis universalibus et particularibus by ` Mesue ' the younger, and the Medicamentis simplicibus by ` Abenguefit '.

Its boundaries were defined by Republic Act No. 1008, approved June 12, 1954.

He was present at the council of May 1008 at which Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York, preached his Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ( The Sermon of the Wolf to the English ), castigating the English for their moral failings and blaming the latter for the tribulations afflicting the country.

After his elevation, he wrote his Letter to the Monks of Eynsham, an abridgment for his own monks of Æthelwold's De consuetudine monachorum, adapted to their rudimentary ideas of monastic life ; a letter to Wulfgeat of Ylmandun ; an introduction to the study of the Old and New Testaments ( about 1008, edited by William L ' Isle in 1623 ); a Latin life of his master Æthelwold ; two pastoral letters for Wulfstan, archbishop of York and bishop of Worcester, in Latin and English ; and an English version of Bede's De Temporibus.

In 1008, Gurgen died, and Bagrat succeeded him as King of Kings of the Georgians, becoming thus the first king of a unified realm of Abkhazia and Kartli ( in their broadest sense these two included Abkhazia proper / Abasgia, Egrisi / Samegrelo, Imereti, Svaneti, Racha-Lechkhumi, Guria, Ajaria, Kartli proper, Hither Tao, Klarjeti, Shavsheti, Meskheti, and Javakheti ) what was to be henceforth known as Sakartvelo – " all-Georgia ".

* Glaucetes, Morychus and Teleas: Gourmands, they are imagined bustling about the replenished agora in their greedy pursuit of delicacies once peace returns ( line 1008 ).