800 BC
Calendar year
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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800 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 800 BC DCCC BC |
Ancient Egypt era | XXIII dynasty, 81 |
Ancient Greek era | 24 before 1st Olympiad |
Assyrian calendar | 3951 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1392 |
Berber calendar | 151 |
Buddhist calendar | −255 |
Burmese calendar | −1437 |
Byzantine calendar | 4709–4710 |
Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 1898 or 1691 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 1899 or 1692 |
Coptic calendar | −1083 – −1082 |
Discordian calendar | 367 |
Ethiopian calendar | −807 – −806 |
Hebrew calendar | 2961–2962 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −743 – −742 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2301–2302 |
Holocene calendar | 9201 |
Iranian calendar | 1421 BP – 1420 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1465 BH – 1464 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1534 |
Minguo calendar | 2711 before ROC 民前2711年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2267 |
Thai solar calendar | −257 – −256 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −673 or −1054 or −1826 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −672 or −1053 or −1825 |
Events
- End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
- Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
- Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
- End of Period IVB, Hasanlu is completely destroyed by a fire.[1]
- The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea.[2]
- Archaic period of Greece ( - 500 BCE).[2]
- Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey. ( - 700 BCE)[2]
- Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons.[3]
- Earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt.[3]
- Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).[4]
- Heraion Teikhos Pharmaceutical Production Center was built.
Deaths
- Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu during the Western Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
- Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Hasanlu, possibly a couple.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Hasanlu Lovers - Digital Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ a b c "Greece Timeline". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ a b "HistoryWorld - World History Timeline". www.historyworld.net. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "BBC - History : British History Timeline". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
Gallery
- Greek colonisation in the Archaic period.
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- Western Zhou States Map.
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