810s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC – 9th century BC – 8th century BC
Decades:	840s BC 830s BC 820s BC – 810s BC – 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC
Years:	819 BC 818 BC 817 BC 816 BC 815 BC 814 BC 813 BC 812 BC 811 BC 810 BC
810s BC-related categories:	Deaths

Events and trends

• 817 BC—Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty.
• 814 BC—Carthage is founded by Phoenician colonists from modern-day Lebanon, led by queen Dido. The city developed into a maritime power that dominated the Mediterranean Sea.
• 811 BC—Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.

Significant people