880s BC

Decade

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This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades
900s BC 890s BC 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC
Years
889 BC 888 BC 887 BC 886 BC 885 BC 884 BC 883 BC 882 BC 881 BC 880 BC
Categories
Deaths
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Events and trends

887 BC—Soshenq II succeeds Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
885 BC—Takelot I succeeds Soshenq II as king of Egypt.
885 BC—King Yi of Zhou, son of King Yih, is restored to the throne.
885 BC—Zimri king of Israel assassinates Elah and rules for 7 days. After suiciding, The people picks Omri as their king while others pick Tibni.
883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
881 BC—Tibni the son of Ginath dies and Omri succeeds him.
880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) gateway supports from the palace date from this period to 859 BC.^[1]