(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

Overview

Events

• 895 BC - Death of Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 894 BC - Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 892 BC - Megacles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Diognetus.
• 891 BC - Tukulti-Ninurta II succeeds his father Adad-nirari II as king of Assyria.
• 889 BC - Takelot succeeds his father Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
• 884 BC - Assurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-ninurta II as king of Assyria.
• 879 BC - Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 878 BC - Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 874 BC - Osorkon II succeeds Takelot as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• 874 BC - Ahab becomes king of Israel (approximate date).
• 872 BC - An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of the Temple of Luxor.
• 865 BC - Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.
• 864 BC - Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.
• 863 BC - The city of Bath is founded. It is named after the leprosy-curing hotsprings there.
• 860 BC - The kingdom of Urartu is unified.
• 858 BC - Aramu becomes king of Urartu.
• 858 BC - Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasipal II as king of Assyria.
• 854 BC - Battle of Karkar - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre. (or 853 BC)
• 853 BC - Battle of Karkar - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre. (or 854 BC)
• 850 BC - Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.
• 845 BC - Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron.
• 842 BC - Shalmaneser III devastates the territory of Damascus; Israel and the Phoenician cities send tribute.
• 841 BC - Death of Zhou Li Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 841 BC - Records of the Grand Historian regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history.
• 836 BC - Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni.
• 836 BC - Civil war breaks out in Egypt.
• 827 BC - Zhou xuan wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 825 BC - Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne.
• 825/824 BC - Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Thespieus.
• 823 BC - Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.
• 820 BC - Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre.
• 817 BC - Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty.
• 814 BC - Carthage founded by Dido (traditional date).
• 813 BC - Carthage founded by Phoenicians.
• 811 BC - Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.
• 804 BC - Hadad-nirari IV of Assyria conquers Damascus.
• 804 BC - Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh.
• 800s BC - Etruscan civilization.
• Beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture, and the Proto-Celtic language.
• Adena culture appears in present day Northeastern United States.

Significant persons

• Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria (858 - 824 BC).

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 800s BC - Olmecs builds pyramids.

9th century BC

9de eeu v.C. | 9 век пр.н.е. | Segle IX aC | 9. století př. n. l. | 9. århundrede f.Kr. | 9. Jahrhundert v. Chr. | Siglo IX adC | 9-a jarcento a.K. | IXe siècle av. J.-C. | 기원전 9세기 | IX secolo a.C. | המאה ה-9 לפנה"ס | 9. Joerhonnert v. Chr. | 9e eeuw v. Chr. | 紀元前9世紀 | 9. århundre f.Kr. | IX wiek p.n.e. | Século IX a.C. | IX век до н. э. | 9. stoletje pr. n. št. | 800-luku eaa | Ika-9 na siglo BC | 前9世纪