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| Millennia: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC |
| Decades: | 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC |
| Years: | 789 BC 788 BC 787 BC 786 BC 785 BC 784 BC 783 BC 782 BC 781 BC 780 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
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.
- 781 BC — June 4 — The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
Significant people
