This article concerns the period 809 BC – 800 BC.

  • 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza.
  • c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
  • c. 800 BC—Archaic period in Greece begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.)
  • From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
  • c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
  • Etruscan civilization.
  • The Olmecs build pyramids.
  • 800 BC—End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
  • 800 BC—Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
  • 800 BC—Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
  • c. 800 BC—End of Period IVB, Hasanlu (Iran) is completely destroyed by a fire.
  • c. 800 BC—The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea.
  • c. 800 BC—Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons.
  • c. 800 BC—Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).
  • c. 800 BC—pharmaceutical production area active at Heraion Teikhos, Thrace.

Deaths

  • 804 BC—Duke Wen of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi
  • 804 BC—Pedubastis I, pharaoh
  • 800 BC—Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu during the Western Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
  • c. 800 BC—Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Hasanlu, possibly a couple.