820s BC

This article concerns the period 829 BC – 820 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades
840s BC 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC
Years
829 BC 828 BC 827 BC 826 BC 825 BC 824 BC 823 BC 822 BC 821 BC 820 BC
Categories
Deaths

Events and trends

• 828 BC/827 BC (14th year in the era of Gònghé)—King Xuan of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China, ending almost two decades of the Gonghe Regency.
• 828 BC—Xiong Yan is replaced by his son Xiong Shuang as Viscount of Chu.
• 825 BC—Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne.
• 825 BC/824 BC—Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Thespieus.
• 825 BC—Dido, founder of Carthage flees Tyre after the death of Acerbas
• 823 BC—Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.
• 821 BC—Xiong Xun, youngest brother of Xiong Shuang, ascends the throne of Chu after defeating his surviving brothers Xiong Xue and Xiong Kan.^[1]
• 820 BC—Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre.

Significant people

• Amaziah, king of Judah, born (approximate date).

References