9th century BC

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

1 Overview
2 Events
3 Significant persons
4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
5 References

[edit] Overview

[edit] Events

King Jehu of the Kingdom of Israel bows before Shalmaneser III of Assyria. .

895 BC - Death of King Xiao of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
894 BC - King Yi of Zhou 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 I 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 King Yi of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
878 BC - King Li of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
874 BC - Osorkon II succeeds Takelot I 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 King Li of Zhou, 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 - King Xuan of Zhou 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.

[edit] Significant persons

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

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

First inscriptions in Epigraphic South Arabian found in Akkele Guzay^[1]
800s BC - Olmecs builds pyramids.
Emergence of the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit, probable composition of the Shatapatha Brahmana, and the first beginning of the Upanishadic and Vedantic traditions of Hinduism.

[edit] References

^ Fattovich, Rodolfo, "Akkälä Guzay" in von Uhlig, Siegbert, ed. Encylopaedia Aethiopica: A-C. Weissbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, 2003, p.169.

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