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
- c. 785 BCEArgishti I of Urartu becomes King of Urartu
- c. 784 BCEBirth of Hosea
- c. 783 BCEShalmaneser IV becomes King of Assyria
- c. 782 BCEOrigins of Yerevan
- c. 782 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
- c. 773 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
- 763 BCESarduri II becomes King of Urartu
- 15 June 763 BCEAssyrian eclipse
- 759 BCEBirth of Hoshea
- 755 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
- 753 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
- 750 BCEConstruction of Aigai
- from 747 BCE to 656 BCETwenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
- 745 BCEBirth of Sennacherib
- 745 BCETiglath-Pileser III becomes King of Assyria
- from 743 BCE to 454 BCEMessenian Wars
- from 743 BCE to 724 BCEFirst Messenian War
- 742 BCEPekahiah becomes King of Israel
- 740 BCEDeath of Amos
- 740 BCEPekah becomes King of Israel
- from 736 BCE to 732 BCESyro-Ephraimite War
- 735 BCERusa I becomes King of Urartu
- 735 BCEOrigins of Syracuse
- c. 733 BCEOrigins of Syracuse
- 732 BCEAhaz becomes King of Judah
- 732 BCEHoshea becomes King of Israel
- 732 BCENabu-mukin-zeri becomes King of Babylon
- c. 729 BCEOrigins of Catania
- 729 BCETiglath-Pileser III becomes King of Babylon
- c. 729 BCEPiye of Kush conquers Egypt
- 727 BCEDeath of Tiglath-Pileser III
- 727 BCEDeath of Ahaz
- 727 BCEShalmaneser V becomes King of Babylon
- from 727 BCE to 715 BCETwenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- 722 BCESargon II becomes King of Assyria
- 722 BCEDeath of Shalmaneser V
- 722 BCEMarduk-apla-iddina II becomes King of Babylon
- from 722 BCE to 223 BCEChu
- c. 720 BCEOrigins of Sybaris
- 718 BCEBakenranef becomes Pharaoh
- 716 BCEDeath of Piye
- 715 BCENuma Pompilius becomes King of Rome
- 714 BCEArgishti II becomes King of Urartu
- 712 BCEOrigins of Astacus in Bithynia
- 13 February 711 BCEBirth of Emperor Jimmu
- 710 BCEBirth of Tullus Hostilius
- 710 BCESargon II becomes King of Babylon
- c. 710 BCEOrigins of Crotone
- from 710 BCE to 650 BCELelantine War
- c. 706 BCEOrigins of Taranto
- 706 BCEOrigins of Dur-Sharrukin
- 705 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
- 703 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