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

Decades: 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC

Events and trends

• 783 BC - Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
• 782 BC - Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.
• 782 BC - Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 781 BC - Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• June 4, 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

Significant people

780s BC

780'erne f.Kr. | Años 780 adC | Anni 780 a.C. | 780-е до н. э. | 780 pred Kr. | 780-luku eaa | MA 780. yıllar | 前780年代