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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 900 BC to 801 BC}}
{{redirect|800s BC|the decade|800s BC (decade)}}
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It is the beginning of the [[Iron Age]] in [[Central Europe]], with the spread of the [[Proto-Celtic]] [[Hallstatt culture]], and the [[Proto-Celtic language]].
The major [[Olmec]] site of [[San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán]] in [[Mesoamerica]] declined in importance, after having been active since [[15th century BC]].
==Events==
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=== [[870s BC]] ===
* ~880 BC: [[Ashurnasirpal II]] moves the Assyrian capital from [[Assur]] to [[Nimrud]].
* 879 BC: Death of [[King Yi of Zhou (Ji Xie)|King Yi of Zhou]], King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of China.
* 878 BC: [[King Li of Zhou]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of China.
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* 845 BC: Pherecles, [[Eponymous archon|Archon of Athens]], dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son [[Ariphron]].
* 842 BC: [[Shalmaneser III]] devastates the territory of [[Damascus]]; [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] and the [[Phoenicia]]n cities send tribute.
* 841 BC:
* 841 BC: ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'' regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of [[Chinese history]].
* 841 BC: [[Ahaziah of Judah]] and [[Jehoram of Israel]] are assassinated, either by the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israelite]] usurper [[Jehu]], or the newly crowned [[Hazael]] of [[Aram-Damascus]], per the [[Tel Dan stele]].
* 840 BC: [[Gopala Dynasty]] started in Nepal, first dynasty to rule in a country named Nepal despite its present geographical boundaries.
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