870s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades:	890s BC 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC 850s BC
Years:	879 BC 878 BC 877 BC 876 BC 875 BC 874 BC 873 BC 872 BC 871 BC 870 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths

Events and trends

879 BC—Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
879 BC—Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons to celebrate it.
878 BC—Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
877 BC—Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism was born in India.^[1]^[2]
874 BC—Shoshenq II succeeds Takelot I as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
874 BC—Ahab becomes king of Israel (approximate date).
872 BC—An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of the Temple of Luxor.
872 BC—Osorkon II succeeds Shoshenq II as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.

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