781 BC.html

Millennium:	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 - Architecture 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.