8th Century BC - Significant Persons

Significant Persons

Although many human societies were literate at this time, some of the individuals mentioned below must be considered legendary rather than historical.

  • 770s BC - Alina Maria Moldovan
  • 760s BC—Argishtis I of Urartu dies.
  • 760s BC—Amaziah of Judah dies.
  • 760s BC—Archilaus, king of Sparta, dies.
  • 760s BC—Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon, dies.
  • 760s BC—Rivallo, legendary king of the Britons, dies.
  • Shoshonq V, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (767 BC–730 BC)
  • Osorkon III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (787 BC–759 BC)
  • Takelot III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (764 BC–757 BC)
  • Rudamun, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757 BC–754 BC)
  • Iuput, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754 BC–715 BC)
  • Niumateped, king of the Libyans (775 BC–750 BC)
  • Titaru, king of the Libyans (758 BC–750 BC)
  • Ker, king of the Libyans (750 BC–745 BC)
  • Midas (king of Phrygia)
  • 740s BC- Isaiah, biblical prophet & advisor to the kings of Judah (according to the Bible).
  • Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 BC–687 BC)
  • Sennacherib, king of Assyria and conqueror of Babylon (705–681 BC)
  • Homer (exact dates unknown, usually dated to the mid to late 8th century BC)
  • 740s BC—Romulus and Remus
  • 725 BC—Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
  • Ahaz, king of Judah (735 BC–715 BC)
  • 723 BC—Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
  • 723 BC—Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
  • 721 BC—Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
  • 720 BC—Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris), ending the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
  • 720 BC—Death of Zhou ping wang, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China
  • 715 BC—Osorkon IV dies, ending the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
  • 713 BC—Birth of semi-legendary Zamolxis in Dacia

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