780s BC

This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC
Years:	789 BC 788 BC 787 BC 786 BC 785 BC 784 BC 783 BC 782 BC 781 BC 780 BC
Categories:	Deaths

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.

Significant people