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776 BC

Greece- First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus

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777 BC

End of the reign of Giallchad, son of Ailill Olcháin, as the High King of Ireland according to the the chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.

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778 BC

Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.

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779 BC

The Greeks and Romans practiced a primitive form of gymnastics as early as 779 BC where it developed as a male dominated sport practiced primarily to keep soldiers physically active and agile during peacetime.

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780 BC

June 4 — The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

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781 BC

Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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782 BC

Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.

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783 BC

Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.

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784 BC

In this year, according to Archbishop Usher, there was an inter-regnum of 11 years in Israel. During this period Zechariah reigned for one year and Shallum for one month

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785 BC

Beginning of the reign of Argishtis I of Urartu.

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786 BC

Finish of the reign of Menua - Kingdom of Urartu(ruled 810-786 BC) , the son of Ispuini.

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787 BC

Osorkon III succeeded to the Leontopolis throne.

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788 BC

Emperor Charlemagne annexed Austria and supported colonization and Christianity in the country.

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789 BC

Suan-wang's army was defeated in a battle against certain Tangutan tribes. The name of the battle-field was Ts'ien Mou, which means "a thousand acres."

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790 BC

Eithiopian Conquest of Egypt

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791 BC

June 24 — The most likely date of the Assyrian eclipse of Bur Sagale.

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792 BC

The reign of Ben-Hadad III comes to an end.

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793 BC

End of DYNASTY 23 regarding pharaohs of Egypt - Pedibastet (818 BC - 793 BC)

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794 BC

End of the reign of Sírna Sáeglach as High King of Scotland according to the chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.

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795 BC

Fiacha Tolgrach, 55th Monarch, slain by Olioll Fionn

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796 BC

Death of Thiele - King of Judah.

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797 BC

Thespieus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 27 years and is succeeded by his son Agamestor

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798 BC

Death of Shoshenq III, Pharaoh of Egypt.

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799 BC

Ripunjaya ruled Bengal until 799.

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800 BC

Greek Dark Ages end.

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801 BC

End of reign of Jehoahaz of Israel!

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802 BC

Jehoash rules for 16 years starting in 802 BC.

*Some of these are getting tricky to track down ;)

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803 BC

Hadad-Nirari, Assyrian king, conquers the Palestinian states including the Philistines

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804 BC

Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.

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805 BC

Now this victory of Adad-nirari III over Mari' could not have been in any of the campaigns mentioned above, for as we have seen, Hazael was reigning when the first three took place, and the last campaign (805 BC) falls in the reign of Hazael's son, Ben-hadad III.

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806 BC

Assyria collects tribute from Neo-Hittites, Phoenicians, Philistines, Israelites, and Edomites

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Actually have to do some real searching now, lol

807 BC

China- Bo Yu becomes the new ruler of Lu

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Yeah, it's getting pretty tough...


808 BC

Karanus, the first king of ancient Macedon, is born. King Karanus established his first kingdom at Aegae (modern Vergina).

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809 BC

The beginning of the reign of Azari'ah, the tenth king of. Judah, also called Uzziah.

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810 BC

Phoenicians establish Carthage

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811 BC

Death of Shamshi-Adad V - the King of Assyria.

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812 BC

Hada-Nirari III, Assyrian king enumerated the Philistines among the Palestinian states conquered by him.

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813 BC

Phoenicians found Carthage.

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814 BC

Phoenicians founded a colony at Carthage. The colony would soon overshadow the homeland and become an important world power in its own right.

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815 BC

This marks the end of Jehu's reign as king of Israel.

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816 BC

Start of pharaoh Sheshonk of the 22nd dynasty's campaign to Jerusalem, which is in reality his campaign to lend support to Jehoahaz of Israel against Hazael, king of Damascus.