800 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC
Years:	803 BC 802 BC 801 BC 800 BC 799 BC 798 BC 797 BC

800 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	800 BC DCCC BC
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 81
Ancient Greek era	24 before 1st Olympiad
Assyrian calendar	3951
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1392
Berber calendar	151
Buddhist calendar	−255
Burmese calendar	−1437
Byzantine calendar	4709–4710
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 1898 or 1691     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 1899 or 1692
Coptic calendar	−1083 – −1082
Discordian calendar	367
Ethiopian calendar	−807 – −806
Hebrew calendar	2961–2962
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−743 – −742
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2301–2302
Holocene calendar	9201
Iranian calendar	1421 BP – 1420 BP
Islamic calendar	1465 BH – 1464 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1534
Minguo calendar	2711 before ROC 民前2711年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2267
Thai solar calendar	−257 – −256
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −673 or −1054 or −1826     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −672 or −1053 or −1825

Events

• End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
• Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
• Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
• End of Period IVB, Hasanlu is completely destroyed by a fire.
• The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea.
• Archaic period of Greece ( - 500 BCE).
• Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey. ( - 700 BCE)
• Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons.
• Earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt.
• Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).
• Heraion Teikhos Pharmaceutical Production Center was built.

Deaths

• Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu during the Western Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
• Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Hasanlu, possibly a couple.

Gallery

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  Greek colonisation in the Archaic period.
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  Etruscan civilization map.
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  Western Zhou States Map.