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• February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi 747 BC - NabonassarNabonassar (also Nabonasser Nabu-nasir Nebo-adon-Assur or Nabo-n-assar was a king of Assyria who founded the Chaldean and Babylonian kingdom. He became a king in 747 BC, and ruled 14 years (until 734 BC). The Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus started a becomes king of AssyriaThis article concerns the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom. For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see Assyrian. Assyria a country named after its original capital city, Asshur on the Tigris, was originally a colony of Babylonia, a
• 747 BC - MelesMeles is a genus of badgers. Meles was a king of Lydia. becomes king of LydiaSee 110 Lydia for the asteroid. Lydia was an ancient kingdom of Asia Minor, known to Homer as Maeonia . Its principal city was Sardis. The boundaries of Lydia varied across the centuries. It was first bounded by Mysia Major, Caria, Phrygia and Ionia. Late
• 745 BC - Crown of AssyriaThis article concerns the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom. For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see Assyrian. Assyria a country named after its original capital city, Asshur on the Tigris, was originally a colony of Babylonia, a seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser IIIstela from the walls of his palace ( British Museum, London) Tiglath-Pileser III or IV (or Tilgath-Pil-neser), was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 744 727 BC). The name Tiglath-Pileser was a throne-name that is, one given to the k
• 743 BC - Duke Zhuang of the ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute state of Chang comes to power.
• 740 BC - Tiglath-Pileser IIIstela from the walls of his palace ( British Museum, London) Tiglath-Pileser III or IV (or Tilgath-Pil-neser), was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 744 727 BC). The name Tiglath-Pileser was a throne-name that is, one given to the k conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
• 740 BC - Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.

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