880s BC

Decade

This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
  • 10th century BC
  • 9th century BC
  • 8th century BC
Decades
  • 900s BC
  • 890s BC
  • 880s BC
  • 870s BC
  • 860s BC
Years
  • 889 BC
  • 888 BC
  • 887 BC
  • 886 BC
  • 885 BC
  • 884 BC
  • 883 BC
  • 882 BC
  • 881 BC
  • 880 BC
Categories
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Events and trends

  • 887 BC—Soshenq II succeeds Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
  • 885 BC—Takelot I succeeds Soshenq II as king of Egypt.
  • 885 BC—King Yi of Zhou, son of King Yih, is restored to the throne.
  • 885 BC—Zimri king of Israel assassinates Elah and rules for 7 days. After suiciding, The people picks Omri as their king while others pick Tibni.
  • 883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
  • 881 BC—Tibni the son of Ginath dies and Omri succeeds him.
  • 880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) gateway supports from the palace date from this period to 859 BC.[1]

Significant people

References

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