800s BC (decade)
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 10th century BC – 9th century BC – 8th century BC |
| Decades: | 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC – 800s BC – 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC |
| Years: | 809 BC 808 BC 807 BC 806 BC 805 BC 804 BC 803 BC 802 BC 801 BC 800 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments |
Events and trends
- 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.
- 804 BC—Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh.
- c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
- c. 800 BC—Archaic period in Greece begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.)
- From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
- c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
- Etruscan civilization.
- The Olmecs build pyramids. [1] [2]