# 840s BC

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This article concerns the period **849 BC – 840 BC**.

## Events and trends

- 842 BC—[Shalmaneser III](/source/Shalmaneser_III) devastates the territory of [Damascus](/source/Damascus); [Israel](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)) and the [Phoenician](/source/Phoenicia) cities send tribute.[1]
- 841 BC—The [Compatriots Rebellion](/source/Compatriots_Rebellion) in [Western Zhou dynasty](/source/Western_Zhou_dynasty). The Chinese people riot against [King Li of Zhou](/source/King_Li_of_Zhou), who is then sent to exile at a place called Zhi. The [Gonghe Regency](/source/Gonghe_Regency), begins. *[Records of the Grand Historian](/source/Records_of_the_Grand_Historian)* (compiled by historian [Sima Qian](/source/Sima_Qian) by [91 BC](/source/91_BC)) regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of [Chinese history](/source/Chinese_history). Any earlier events in Chinese history cannot be confidently dated by historians.[2]
- 841 BC—The First [Assyrian](/source/Assyrian_people) Invasion of [Israel](/source/Israel).[3]

## Deaths

- 849 BC—[Elijah](/source/Elijah), ascends to [heaven](/source/Heaven) in a whirlwind.
- 845 BC—[Pherecles](/source/Pherecles), [King of Athens](/source/Kings_of_Athens), dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son [Ariphron](/source/Ariphron).
- 841 BC—[Marquis Jing of Jin](/source/Marquis_Jing_of_Jin), the sixth ruler of the [state of Jin](/source/Jin_(Chinese_state)).
- 841 BC—[Baal-Eser II](/source/Baal-Eser_II), king of [Tyre](/source/Tyre,_Lebanon).

## References

1. Lamb, David T. (2007). *Righteous Jehu and his evil heirs : the Deuteronomist's negative perspective on dynastic succession*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923147-8. [OCLC 166625005](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166625005)

1. Lee, Yun Kuen (2002a), ["Building the chronology of early Chinese history"](http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/17161), *[Asian Perspectives](/source/Asian_Perspectives)*. **41** (1): 15–42, [doi:10.1353/asi.2002.0006](https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2002.0006). [hdl:10125/17161](https://hdl.handle.net/10125/17161). [S2CID 67818363](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:67818363)

1. Michael C. Astour (1971). ["841 B. C.: The First Assyrian Invasion of Israel"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/600256). *Journal of the American Oriental Society*. **91** (3): 383–389. [doi:10.2307/600256](https://doi.org/10.2307/600256). [JSTOR 600256](https://www.jstor.org/stable/600256)

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