820s BC

This article concerns the period 829 BC – 820 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 829 BC
  • 828 BC
  • 827 BC
  • 826 BC
  • 825 BC
  • 824 BC
  • 823 BC
  • 822 BC
  • 821 BC
  • 820 BC
Categories:
  • Deaths
  • 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

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