The 730s BC
14 sourced entries across 8 years, inside the 8th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.
739 BCE1 entries
- 739 BC—Hiram II succeeds Ithobaal II as king of Tyre.
738 BCE2 entries
- 738 BC—The Biskupin settlement northeast of Poznań (Poland) is built.
- 738 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.
736 BCE1 entries
- 736 BC—Leochares of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eleventh Olympic Games.
735 BCE1 entries
- 735 BC—Naxos in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
734 BCE1 entries
- 734 BC—Syracuse founded in Sicily as a joint colony of Corinth and Tenea, under the leadership of Archias of Corinth.
733 BCE1 entries
- 733 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria conquers the Northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), and exiles its inhabitants.
732 BCE4 entries
- 732 BC—Hoshea becomes the last king of Israel.
- 732 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria defeats the Arab queen Samsi in battle and forces her to pay tribute to him.
- 732 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria seizes Damascus, executes Rezin, King of the Arameans, and deports the Aramaean inhabitants to Kir of Moab. (probable date)
730 BCE3 entries
- 730 BC: Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre.
- 730 BC: Piye succeeds his father Kashta as king of the Nubian kingdom of Napata.
- 730 BC: Osorkon IV succeeds Sheshonq IV as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.