The 9th Century BCE
800s BC
890s
-
Pharohs / Kings
909-? Takelot I
Kings of Judah/Israel
913--873 Asa
900-877 Baasha
892
Megacles
, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Diognetus.
891
Tukulti-Ninurta II
succeeds his father Adad-nirari II as king of Assyria.
880s
Pharohs / Kings
883 Shoshenq II
883-55 Osorkon III
Kings of Judah/Israel
913--873 Asa
900-877 Baasha
884
Ashurnasirpal II
succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
870s
-
Pharohs / Kings
883-55 Osorkon III
Kings of Judah/Israel
913--873 Asa
873-49 Jehoshaphat
900-877 Baasha
877-76 Elah
876 Zimri
876-69 Omri
879:
Samaria
(formerly
Shechem
) rebuilt as capital of Israel.
860s
-
Pharohs / Kings
883-55 Osorkon III
Kings of Judah/Israel
873-49 Jehoshaphat
876-69 Omri
869-850 Ahab
850-49 Ahaziah
King Ahab
marries
Jezebel
, the Phonecian Princess of Tyre
850s
Pharohs / Kings
883-55 Osorkon III
860-35 Takelot II
Kings of Judah/Israel
873-49 Jehoshaphat
869-850 Ahab
850-49 Ahaziah
853
Battle of Qarqar
. Ahab of Israel, Ben Hadad of Damascus, and Irkhuleni of Hamath lead an allied army to halt
Shalmaneser III
's advance; supported by Egypt and Jehoshaphat of Judah
840s
Pharohs / Kings
860-35 Takelot II
Kings of Judah/Israel
873-49 Jehoshaphat
849-42 Jehoram
843 Ahaziah
842-37 Q. Athaliah
850-49 Ahaziah
849-42 Jehoram
842-15 Jehu
842:
Jehu
, an Israelite soldier, leads a rebellion against Ahab's son
Jehoram
, founding a new dynasty in Israel. (
Depicted
above paying tribute to Assyrian Shalmaneser III)
830s
Pharohs / Kings
860-37 Osorkon II
835-783 Shoshenq III
Kings of Judah/Israel
842-37 Q. Athaliah
837-00 Joash
842-15 Jehu
820s
Pharohs / Kings
835-783 Shoshenq III
Kings of Judah/Israel
837-00 Joash
842-15 Jehu
c. 820
Legendary
Lycurgus
creates the Constitution of Sparta. Plutarch's biography of
Lycurgus
810s
Pharohs / Kings
835-783 Shoshenq III
Kings of Judah/Israel
837-00 Jehoash
842-15 Jehu
815-01 Jehoahaz
814: The Phoenicians found
Carthage
810: Queen
Shammuramat
(the
Semiramis
of legend) rules Assyria as regent for her son
Adad-nirari III
.
800s
Pharohs / Kings
835-783 Shoshenq III
Kings of Judah/Israel
837-00 Jehoash
800-783 Amaziah
815-01 Jehoahaz
801-786 Jehoash
804 Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers
Damascus
.
800s BC