880s BC

This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades:	900s BC 890s BC 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC
Years:	889 BC 888 BC 887 BC 886 BC 885 BC 884 BC 883 BC 882 BC 881 BC 880 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths

Events and trends

• 889 BC—Takelot I succeeds his father Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
• 883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
• 880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) gateway supports from the palace date from this period to 859 BC.[1]

Significant people

References

1. Examples in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and British Museum, London.