880s BC

This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 889 BC
  • 888 BC
  • 887 BC
  • 886 BC
  • 885 BC
  • 884 BC
  • 883 BC
  • 882 BC
  • 881 BC
  • 880 BC
Categories:
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • 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.
  • 883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
  • 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
  • Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria, is born (approximate date).
  • Ahaziah, king of Israel, is born (approximate date).
  • Jehoram, king of Judah, is born (approximate date).

References
  1. Examples in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and British Museum, London.
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