730s BC

Centuries: 9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC

Decades: 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC – 730s BC – 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC

Events and trends

• 739 BC – Hiram II becomes king of Tyre
• 738 BC – King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute
• 734 BC – Naxus in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
• 730 BC – Osorkon IV succeeds Sheshonq IV as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
• 730 BC – Piye succeeds his father Kashta as king of the Nubian kingdom of Napata
• 730 BC – Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre

Significant people