800s BC (decade)

This article concerns the period 809 BC – 800 BC.

800 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	800 BC DCCC BC
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 81
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	24 before 1st Olympiad
Assyrian calendar	3951
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1393 – −1392
Berber calendar	151
Buddhist calendar	−255
Burmese calendar	−1437
Byzantine calendar	4709–4710
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal  Rat) 1898 or 1691     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal  Ox) 1899 or 1692
Coptic calendar	−1083 – −1082
Discordian calendar	367
Ethiopian calendar	−807 – −806
Hebrew calendar	2961–2962
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−743 – −742
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2301–2302
Holocene calendar	9201
Iranian calendar	1421 BP – 1420 BP
Islamic calendar	1465 BH – 1464 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1534
Minguo calendar	2711 before ROC 民前2711年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2267
Thai solar calendar	−257 – −256
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −673 or −1054 or −1826     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −672 or −1053 or −1825

Events and trends

• 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza. ^[1]
• c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
• c. 800 BC—Archaic period in Greece begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.)^{[ citation needed ]}
• From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
• c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
• Etruscan civilization.
• The Olmecs build pyramids. ^{[2] [3]}

• 800 BC—End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
• 800 BC—Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
• 800 BC—Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
• c. 800 BC—End of Period IVB, Hasanlu (Iran) is completely destroyed by a fire. ^[4]
• c. 800 BC—The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea. ^[5]
• c. 800 BC—Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey. ( - 700 BCE) ^[5]
• c. 800 BC—Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons. ^[6]
• c. 800 BC—Earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt. ^[6]
• c. 800 BC—Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD). ^[7]
• c. 800 BC—pharmaceutical production area active at Heraion Teikhos, Thrace. ^[8]

Deaths

• 804 BC—Duke Wen of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi ^{[9] [10]}
• 804 BC—Pedubastis I, pharaoh
• 800 BC—Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu during the Western Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
• c. 800 BC—Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Hasanlu, possibly a couple. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Greek colonisation in the Archaic period.
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  Etruscan civilization map.
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  Western Zhou States Map.

References

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2. "Tourist Information – Mexico – Chichen Itza – Mayan Civilization Site the Extraordinary in Mexico at Age 800 BC | Doaaraku.com". Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
3. "The Olmecs".
4. "The Hasanlu Lovers - Digital Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
5. "Greece Timeline". World History Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2021-03-11.
6. "HistoryWorld - World History Timeline". www.historyworld.net. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
7. "BBC - History : British History Timeline". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
8. Radley, Dario. "Thracian 'pharmaceutical production area' unearthed at Heraion Teikhos, Turkey". Archaeology magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
9. Sima Qian. 齐太公世家 [House of Duke Tai of Qi]. Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Guoxue.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
10. Han Zhaoqi (韩兆琦), ed. (2010). Shiji (史记) (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 2512–2514. ISBN   978-7-101-07272-3.