The 8th century BCE: key events

Chronyas has 130 events dated to the 8th century BCE (800 BCE to 701 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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from c. 800 BCE to 43 CEBritish Iron Age
from c. 800 BCE to 800 CEHerrera Period
c. 800 BCEOrigins of Petra
c. 800 BCEEruption of Yantarni
from c. 785 BCE to 763 BCEArgishti I of Urartu becomes King of Urartu
c. 784 BCEBirth of Hosea
from c. 783 BCE to 773 BCEShalmaneser IV becomes King of Assyria
c. 782 BCEOrigins of Yerevan
from c. 782 BCE to 753 BCEJeroboam II becomes King of Israel
from c. 782 BCE to 595 BCEConstruction of Erebuni Fortress
from c. 776 BCE to 500 CEAncient Olympic Games
c. 776 BCEBirth of Hesiod
from c. 773 BCE to 755 BCEAshur-dan III becomes King of Assyria
from c. 771 BCE to 476 BCESpring and Autumn period
from c. 771 BCE to 256 BCEEastern Zhou
c. 765 BCEBirth of Sargon II
763 BCEBirth of Ahaz
from 763 BCE to 735 BCESarduri II becomes King of Urartu
15 June 763 BCEAssyrian eclipse
759 BCEBirth of Hoshea
from 755 BCE to 745 BCEAshur-nirari V becomes King of Assyria
c. 754 BCERomulus founds Rome (traditional date)
from c. 753 BCE to 476 CEAncient Rome
from 753 BCE to 46 BCERoman calendar
from c. 753 BCE to 509 BCERoman Kingdom
from 753 BCE to 752 BCEZechariah becomes King of Israel
21 April 753 BCEFounding of Rome
21 April 753 BCEBirth of Numa Pompilius
21 April 753 BCETraditional founding of Rome
752 BCEShallum becomes King of Israel
from c. 750s BCE to 530sGandhara
c. 750s BCEThe Homeric epics are composed
from 750 BCE to 100 CEConstruction of Aigai
from 747 BCE to 656 BCETwenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
745 BCEBirth of Sennacherib
from 745 BCE to 727 BCETiglath-Pileser III becomes King of Assyria
from 743 BCE to 454 BCEMessenian Wars
from 743 BCE to 724 BCEFirst Messenian War
from 742 BCE to 740 BCEPekahiah becomes King of Israel
740 BCEDeath of Amos
from 740 BCE to 732 BCEPekah becomes King of Israel
from 736 BCE to 732 BCESyro-Ephraimite War
from 735 BCE to 714 BCERusa I becomes King of Urartu
735 BCEOrigins of Syracuse
c. 733 BCEOrigins of Syracuse
from 732 BCE to 716 BCEAhaz becomes King of Judah
from 732 BCE to 722 BCEHoshea becomes King of Israel
from 732 BCE to 729 BCENabu-mukin-zeri becomes King of Babylon
c. 729 BCEOrigins of Catania
from 729 BCE to 727 BCETiglath-Pileser III becomes King of Babylon
c. 729 BCEPiye of Kush conquers Egypt
727 BCEDeath of Tiglath-Pileser III
727 BCEDeath of Ahaz
from 727 BCE to 722 BCEShalmaneser V becomes King of Babylon
from 727 BCE to 715 BCETwenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
from 722 BCE to 705 BCESargon II becomes King of Assyria
722 BCEDeath of Shalmaneser V
from 722 BCE to 710 BCEMarduk-apla-iddina II becomes King of Babylon
from 722 BCE to 223 BCEChu
from c. 720 BCE to 445 BCEOrigins of Sybaris
from 718 BCE to 712 BCEBakenranef becomes Pharaoh
716 BCEDeath of Piye
from 715 BCE to 673 BCENuma Pompilius becomes King of Rome
from 714 BCE to 680 BCEArgishti II becomes King of Urartu
from 712 BCE to 301 BCEOrigins of Astacus in Bithynia
13 February 711 BCEBirth of Emperor Jimmu
710 BCEBirth of Tullus Hostilius
from 710 BCE to 705 BCESargon II becomes King of Babylon
c. 710 BCEOrigins of Crotone
from 710 BCE to 650 BCELelantine War
c. 706 BCEOrigins of Taranto
from 706 BCE to 605 BCEOrigins of Dur-Sharrukin
from 705 BCE to 681 BCESennacherib becomes King of Assyria
705 BCEDeath of Sargon II
703 BCEMarduk-zakir-shumi II becomes King of Babylon
703 BCEMarduk-apla-iddina II becomes King of Babylon
from 703 BCE to 700 BCEBel-ibni becomes King of Babylon
c. 700s BCEConstruction of Great Wall of China
701 BCEAssyrian siege of Jerusalem
701 BCESennacherib's campaign in the Levant

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