Millennia:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC - 9th century BC - 8th century BC
Decades:	900s BC 890s BC 880s BC - 870s BC - 860s BC 850s BC 840s BC
Years:	879 BC 878 BC 877 BC 876 BC 875 BC 874 BC 873 BC 872 BC 871 BC 870 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 879 BC — Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 879 BC — Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons to celebrate it.
• 878 BC — Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 874 BC — Shoshenq II succeeds Takelot I as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• 874 BC — Ahab becomes king of Israel (approximate date).
• 872 BC — An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of the Temple of Luxor.
• 872 BC — Osorkon II succeeds Shoshenq II as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.

Significant people