840s BC

Decade

This article concerns the period 849 BC – 840 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades
860s BC 850s BC 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC
Years
849 BC 848 BC 847 BC 846 BC 845 BC 844 BC 843 BC 842 BC 841 BC 840 BC
Categories
Births Deaths
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Events and trends

845 BC—Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron.
842 BC—Shalmaneser III devastates the territory of Damascus; Israel and the Phoenician cities send tribute.^[1]
841 BC—Exile of King Li of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China, and the Gonghe Regency, began. Records of the Grand Historian (compiled by historian Sima Qian by 91 BC) regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history.

^ Lamb, David T. (2007). Righteous Jehu and his evil heirs : the Deuteronomist's negative perspective on dynastic succession. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923147-8. OCLC 166625005.