820s BC
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This article concerns the period 829 BC – 820 BC.
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Events and trends
[edit]- 828 BC/827 BC (14th year in the era of Gònghé)—King Xuan of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China, ending almost two decades of the Gonghe Regency.
- 828 BC—Xiong Yan is replaced by his son Xiong Shuang as Viscount of Chu.
- 825 BC—Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne.
- 825 BC/824 BC—Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Thespieus.
- 825 BC—Dido, founder of Carthage flees Tyre after the death of Acerbas
- 823 BC—Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.
- 821 BC—Xiong Xun, youngest brother of Xiong Shuang, ascends the throne of Chu after defeating his surviving brothers Xiong Xue and Xiong Kan.[1]
- 820 BC—Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre.
Significant People
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shim, Eun-kyung; Kim, Won-joong; Kim, Yun-ji (2020-04-30). "The review of multi-layered meanings of rancor through the retrograde narrative structure of "A Biography of WUZIXU in the Records of the Grand Historian"". Journal of Chinese Humanities. 74: 165–190. doi:10.35955/jch.2020.04.74.165. ISSN 1225-3499. S2CID 219669116.