8th Century BC - Significant Persons

Significant Persons

Although many human societies were literate at this time, some of the individuals mentioned below must be considered legendary rather than historical.

• 770s BC - Alina Maria Moldovan
• 760s BC—Argishtis I of Urartu dies.
• 760s BC—Amaziah of Judah dies.
• 760s BC—Archilaus, king of Sparta, dies.
• 760s BC—Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon, dies.
• 760s BC—Rivallo, legendary king of the Britons, dies.
• Shoshonq V, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (767 BC–730 BC)
• Osorkon III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (787 BC–759 BC)
• Takelot III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (764 BC–757 BC)
• Rudamun, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757 BC–754 BC)
• Iuput, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754 BC–715 BC)
• Niumateped, king of the Libyans (775 BC–750 BC)
• Titaru, king of the Libyans (758 BC–750 BC)
• Ker, king of the Libyans (750 BC–745 BC)
• Midas (king of Phrygia)
• 740s BC- Isaiah, biblical prophet & advisor to the kings of Judah (according to the Bible).
• Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 BC–687 BC)
• Sennacherib, king of Assyria and conqueror of Babylon (705–681 BC)
• Homer (exact dates unknown, usually dated to the mid to late 8th century BC)
• 740s BC—Romulus and Remus
• 725 BC—Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
• Ahaz, king of Judah (735 BC–715 BC)
• 723 BC—Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
• 723 BC—Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
• 721 BC—Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
• 720 BC—Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris), ending the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
• 720 BC—Death of Zhou ping wang, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China
• 715 BC—Osorkon IV dies, ending the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• 713 BC—Birth of semi-legendary Zamolxis in Dacia