Newikis
810s BC
Decade
This article concerns the period
819 BC – 810 BC
.
Millennia
1st
millennium
BC
Centuries
10th
century
BC
9th
century
BC
8th
century
BC
Decades
830s
BC
820s
BC
810s
BC
800s
BC
790s
BC
Years
819
BC
818
BC
817
BC
816
BC
815
BC
814
BC
813
BC
812
BC
811
BC
810
BC
Categories
Deaths
Events and trends
817 BC—
Pedubastis I
declares himself king of
Egypt
, founding the
Twenty-third Dynasty
.
814 BC—
Carthage
is founded by
Phoenician
colonists from modern-day
Lebanon
, led by queen
Dido
. The city developed into a maritime power that dominated the
Mediterranean Sea
.
811 BC—
Adad-nirari III
succeeds his father
Shamshi-Adad V
as king of
Assyria
.
Significant people
Homer
, semi-mythological
Greek
writer, born (approximate date)