Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC · 9th century BC · 8th century BC
Decades:	890s BC 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC 850s BC 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 9th century BC started the first day of 900 BC and ended the last day of 801 BC.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Significant persons 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 5 Decades and years 6 References

[edit] Overview

The 9th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Africa, Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians. In Egypt, a severe flood covers the floor of Luxor temple, and years later, a civil war starts.

It is the beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, with the spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture, and the Proto-Celtic language.

[edit] Events

• 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 hot springs 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.
• 850 BC: The Middle Mumun Pottery Period begins in the Korean peninsula.
• 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.
• c. 825 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 is founded by Dido (traditional date).
• 813 BC: Carthage is founded by Phoenicians.
• 811 BC: Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.
• 804 BC: Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.
• 804 BC: Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh.
• c. 800 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)
• Homer, poet of Ancient Greece (850s BC)

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• First inscriptions in Epigraphic South Arabian found in Akkele Guzay^[1]
• 800s BC—Olmecs build 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] Decades and years

v • d • e Decades and years 9th century BC 11th century BC←10th century BC← ↔ →8th century BC→7th century BC 909–900 BC 909 BC 908 BC 907 BC 906 BC 905 BC 904 BC 903 BC 902 BC 901 BC 900 BC 890s BC 899 BC 898 BC 897 BC 896 BC 895 BC 894 BC 893 BC 892 BC 891 BC 890 BC 880s BC 889 BC 888 BC 887 BC 886 BC 885 BC 884 BC 883 BC 882 BC 881 BC 880 BC 870s BC 879 BC 878 BC 877 BC 876 BC 875 BC 874 BC 873 BC 872 BC 871 BC 870 BC 860s BC 869 BC 868 BC 867 BC 866 BC 865 BC 864 BC 863 BC 862 BC 861 BC 860 BC 850s BC 859 BC 858 BC 857 BC 856 BC 855 BC 854 BC 853 BC 852 BC 851 BC 850 BC 840s BC 849 BC 848 BC 847 BC 846 BC 845 BC 844 BC 843 BC 842 BC 841 BC 840 BC 830s BC 839 BC 838 BC 837 BC 836 BC 835 BC 834 BC 833 BC 832 BC 831 BC 830 BC 820s BC 829 BC 828 BC 827 BC 826 BC 825 BC 824 BC 823 BC 822 BC 821 BC 820 BC 810s BC 819 BC 818 BC 817 BC 816 BC 815 BC 814 BC 813 BC 812 BC 811 BC 810 BC 809–800 BC 809 BC 808 BC 807 BC 806 BC 805 BC 804 BC 803 BC 802 BC 801 BC 800 BC 790s BC 799 BC 798 BC 797 BC 796 BC 795 BC 794 BC 793 BC 792 BC 791 BC 790 BC

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[edit] References

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